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céng

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céng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
céng | ceng2
English translation
layer, floor, story, stratum

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About céng

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

céng

Contains the radical

shī

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

body

Etymology of céng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

尸曾

Semantic compound

shī

Phonetic compound

Zēng

Explanation

Simplified form of céng . Phonosemantic compound. shī represents the meaning and Zēng represents the sound.

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Words with céng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
céng layer céng
高层 gāo céng high level高層
层次 céngcì layer層次
基层 jī céng basic level基層
层面 céng miàn aspect層面
阶层 jiēcéng hierarchy階層
上层 shàng céng upper layer上層
楼层 lóu céng story樓層
底层 dǐ céng ground or first floor底層
层层 céng céng layer upon layer層層
断层 duàn céng fault (geology)斷層
深层 shēn céng deep深層
顶层 dǐng céng top floor頂層
双层 shuāng céng double tier雙層
大气层 dà qì céng atmosphere大氣層
下层 xià céng underlayer下層
云层 yún céng the clouds雲層
表层 biǎo céng surface layer表層
中层 zhōng céng middle-ranking中層
层出不穷 céngchūbùqióng more and more emerge層出不窮
更上一层楼 gèng shàng yī céng lóu to take it up a notch更上一層樓
地层 dì céng stratum (geology)地層
皮层 pí céng cortex皮層
夹层 jiā céng mezzanine夾層

céng Decomposition & Compounds

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