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曾

céng
HSK 33 readings

“Once” in Chinese is 曾 (céng).

Other characters with the syllable ceng: see all 3 →

Meaning

  • once
  • already
  • ever (in the past)
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  • former
  • previously
  • (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
  • great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
  • surname Zeng

Example

我曾经见过他。

I've seen him before.

From 曾经 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

  • céngonce / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
  • zēngsurname Zeng / great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Words containing 曾

曾经céngjīngonceHSK 3不曾bùcénghasn't yet; hasn't everHSK 5似曾相识sìcéng-xiāngshídéjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)HSK 7-9

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