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曾
céng
1.
once
2.
already
3.
ever (in the past)
4.
former
5.
previously
6.
(past tense marker used before verb or clause)
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✏️ 12 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (9)
不曾
bùcéng
never (have done sth)
何曾
hécéng
did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
曾经
céngjīng
once
未曾
wèicéng
never before
似曾相识
sìcéngxiāngshí
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
曾几何时
céngjǐhéshí
just a while before
曾祖父母
céngzǔfùmǔ
great-grandparents
曾经沧海
céngjīngcānghǎi
lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquèWūShānbùshìyún
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 462
- Word Frequency Rank
- 496 of 84,292