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gèng
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. more
  2. 2. even more
  3. 3. further
  4. 4. still
  5. 5. still more

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 3378200)

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Words Containing 更

更番
gēng fān

alternately

更为
gèng wéi

even more

更年期
gēng nián qī

menopause

变更
biàn gēng

to change

更胜一筹
gèng shèng yī chóu

superior by a notch

更衣
gēng yī

to change clothes

更漏
gēng lòu

water clock used to mark night watches

更有甚者
gèng yǒu shèn zhě

furthermore (idiom)

更楼
gēng lóu

watch tower

狄更斯
dí gēng sī

Dickens (name)

三更
sān gēng

midnight

更鼓
gēng gǔ

drum marking night watches

更新世
gēng xīn shì

Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)

更衣室
gēng yī shì

change room; dressing room; locker room

更博
gēng bó

(Internet slang) to update one's blog

半夜三更
bàn yè sān gēng

in the depth of night

三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè

in the depth of the night; very late at night

行不更名,坐不改姓
xíng bù gēng míng , zuò bù gǎi xìng

I am who I am and not ashamed of it; to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions

深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè

in the dead of night (idiom)

守更
shǒu gēng

to keep watch during the night

查尔斯·狄更斯
chá ěr sī · dí gēng sī

Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist

更上一层楼
gèng shàng yī céng lóu

to take it up a notch

屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ

when it rains, it pours (idiom)

国际日期变更线
guó jì rì qī biàn gēng xiàn

international date line

更换
gēng huàn

to replace (a worn-out tire etc)

打更
dǎ gēng

to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)

巡更
xún gēng

to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs

强中更有强中手
qiáng zhōng gèng yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu

see 強中自有強中手|强中自有强中手[qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu]

更始
gēng shǐ

to make a new start

更新
gēng xīn

to renew

万象更新
wàn xiàng gēng xīn

(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)

更递
gēng dì

to change

更迭
gēng dié

to alternate

齿更
chǐ gēng

dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)

更新版
gēng xīn bǎn

new edition

更改
gēng gǎi

to alter

更动
gēng dòng

to change

更生
gēng shēng

resurrection

更名
gēng míng

to change name

更是
gèng shì

even more (so)

动态更新
dòng tài gēng xīn

dynamic update (Internet)

更加
gèng jiā

more (than sth else)

百尺竿头,更进一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù

lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)

更代
gēng dài

substitution

更替
gēng tì

to take over (from one another)

更张
gēng zhāng

lit. to restring one's bow

更仆难数
gēng pú nán shǔ

too many to count

都更案
dū gēng àn

urban development project

更高性能
gēng gāo xìng néng

high performance

更深人静
gēng shēn rén jìng

deep at night and all is quiet (idiom)

更胜
gèng shèng

to be even better than

更新换代
gēng xīn huàn dài

reform and renewal

熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè

to stay up through the night (idiom)

更阑
gēng lán

deep night

知更鸟
zhī gēng niǎo

redbreast

更深
gēng shēn

deep at night

更夫
gēng fū

night watchman (in former times)

惠更斯
huì gēng sī

Huygens (name)

更正
gēng zhèng

to correct

炒更
chǎo gēng

to moonlight

自力更生
zì lì gēng shēng

regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)

更次
gēng cì

one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night)