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层
層
céng
1. layer
2. stratum
3. laminated
4. floor (of a building)
5. storey
6. classifier for layers
7. repeated
8. sheaf (math.)
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

层
céng
layer, floor, story, stratum
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

盖层
gàicéng
cap rock
高层
gāocéng
high level
深层
shēncéng
deep layer
胚层
pēicéng
germ layer
双层
shuāngcéng
double tier
首层
shǒucéng
first floor
底层
dǐcéng
ground or first floor
楼层
lóucéng
story
叠层
diécéng
repeated layers
纹层
wéncéng
lamina
岩层
yáncéng
rock strata
阶层
jiēcéng
hierarchy
HSK 6
云层
yúncéng
the clouds
顶层
dǐngcéng
top floor
上层
shàngcéng
upper layer
层云
céngyún
stratus (cloud)
内层
nèicéng
internal layer
断层
duàncéng
geologic fault
层理
cénglǐ
stratification
煤层
méicéng
a coal bed

Example Sentences (2)

一个没有电梯，不方便。一个有电梯，但是在二十层。
Yí gè méiyǒu diàntī, bù fāngbiàn. Yí gè yǒu diàntī, dànshì zài èr shí céng.
One doesn't have an elevator, not convenient. One has an elevator, but it's on the 20th floor.
Text 1
二十层怎么了？
èr shí céng zěn me le?
What happened on the 20th floor?
Text 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
698
Word Frequency Rank
1,640 of 84,292