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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zēng - surname Zeng
céng - once
- already
- ever (in the past)
- former
- previously
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
zēng - great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 643 450 1,093

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A rice cooker on heat 日, building up steam 丷 and letting it off

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
曾经 5 3 583 865 559
- 4 643 450 1,093
不曾 - 5 9,618 6,883 3,843
未曾 - - 10,743 8,974 6,743
曾祖父 - - 12,320 55,525 64,612
似曾相识 - 8 13,034 25,060 13,688
曾几何时 - - 20,948 26,947 16,064
曾祖母 - - 21,891 86,984 68,301
曾孙 - - 35,747 53,509 48,195
曾祖 - - 46,247 73,351 58,875
曾经沧海 - - 53,438 48,688 21,544