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HSK 5
曾
céng
1.
once
2.
already
3.
ever (in the past)
4.
former
5.
previously
6.
(past tense marker used before verb or clause)
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 12 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (9)
未曾
wèicéng
never before
何曾
hécéng
did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
曾经
céngjīng
once
不曾
bùcéng
never (have done sth)
曾祖父母
céngzǔfùmǔ
great-grandparents
曾几何时
céngjǐhéshí
just a while before
似曾相识
sìcéngxiāngshí
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
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