曾

céng

HSK 3.0 Level 4

Definitions

1. once
2. already
3. ever (in the past)
4. former
5. previously
6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

Example Sentences

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你 曾 經聽過英語廣播節目嗎?

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Words Containing 曾

• 曾几何时 céng jǐ hé shí: just a while before
• 不曾 bù céng: hasn't yet
• 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ: father's father's mother
• 曾巩 zēng gǒng: Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
• 何曾 hé céng: did I ever ...? (or \did he ever ...?\ etc)
• 曾荫权 zēng yìn quán: Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-)
• 曾参 zēng shēn: Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[zēng zǐ], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[dà xué]
• 似曾相识 sì céng xiāng shí: déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
• 曾外祖父 zēng wài zǔ fù: great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
• 曾繁仁 zēng fán rén: Zeng Fanren, president of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000
• 曾都 zēng dū: Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市[suí zhōu shì], Hubei
• 曾庆红 zēng qìng hóng: Zeng Qinghong (1939-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008
• 曾孝谷 zēng xiào gǔ: Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
• 曾朴 zēng pǔ: Zheng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher
• 曾祖父母 zēng zǔ fù mǔ: great-grandparents
• 曾外祖母 zēng wài zǔ mǔ: great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)
• 曾金燕 zēng jīn yàn: Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳[hú jiā]
• 曾子 zēng zǐ: Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[dà xué]
• 曾祖 zēng zǔ: great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
• 曾都区 zēng dū qū: Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市[suí zhōu shì], Hubei
• 曾孙 zēng sūn: great-grandson
• 曾孙女 zēng sūn nǚ: great-granddaughter
• 曾经沧海 céng jīng cāng hǎi: lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
• 未曾 wèi céng: hasn't (or haven't)
• 曾经 céng jīng: once
• 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù: father's father's father
• 曾国藩 zēng guó fān: Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
• 曾纪泽 zēng jì zé: Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
• 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què wū shān bù shì yún: there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)