剩 shèng

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

剩 shèng

Contains the radical

刂 dāo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

knife

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰乘刂

Semantic compound

刂 dāo

Phonetic compound

乘 Chéng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 dāo represents the meaning and 乘 Chéng represents the sound.

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谁 shuí 知道 zhīdào 人口 rénkǒu 过剩 guò shèng 会 huì 带来 dài lái 什么 shénme 麻烦 máfan ?

Who knows what a bother may ensue from overpopulation?

敌 dí 人 rén 包围 bāowéi 过来 guò lái 时 shí ,他们 tā men 只 zhǐ 剩下 shèng xià 五 wǔ 个人 gèrén 了 le .

There were only five people left when the enemy closed in.

残羹剩饭 cán gēng shèng fàn 喂 wéi 狗 gǒu 了 le .

The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.

农民 nóngmín 用 yòng 厨房 chúfáng 里 lǐ 的 de 残羹剩饭 cán gēng shèng fàn 喂 wéi 猪 zhū .

Farmers feed kitchen leftovers to the pigs.

农民 nóngmín 们 men 用 yòng 厨房 chúfáng 里 lǐ 的 de 残羹剩饭 cán gēng shèng fàn 喂 wéi 猪 zhū .

Farmers feed kitchen waste to the pigs.

Explore 12 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 剩 shèng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
剩下 shèng xià	to remain	剩下 shèng xià
剩 shèng	to remain	剩 shèng
剩余 shèng yú	remainder	剩餘
过剩 guò shèng	surplus	過剩
所剩无几 suǒ shèng wú jǐ	there is not much left	所剩無幾
剩饭 shèng fàn	leftover food	剩飯
剩菜 shèng cài	leftovers (food)	剩菜 shèng cài
剩余价值 shèng yú jià zhí	surplus value	剩餘價值
残羹剩饭 cán gēng shèng fàn	leftovers from a meal	殘羹剩飯
剩磁 shèng cí	residual magnetism	剩磁 shèng cí
剩钱 shèng qián	to have money left	剩錢
残茶剩饭 cán chá shèng fàn	crumbs from the feast	殘茶剩飯