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曾

zēng

Definition

great-grand (father, child etc)

Other pronunciations

céng

once
already
ever (in the past)
former
previously
(past tense marker used before verb or clause)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (16)

to increase; to expand; to add

to rub against; to walk slowly; to freeload (colloquial)

monk; Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order

to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)

to detest

to scold; whoosh!

cauldron; rice pot

silk fabrics

to tie; to bind

large square net

lofty; precipitous

arrow with a streamer

dwelling on top of wooden stakes

short hair; unkempt

not yet (Wu dialect)

sound of bells etc

Related words (7)

great-grandson

great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)

great-granddaughter

father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother

father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather

zēng wài zǔ mǔ

great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)

zēng wài zǔ fù

great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)

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