céng
曾 (céng) is a Chinese word meaning “once; already; ever (in the past)”.
Meanings
- 1once
- 2already
- 3ever (in the past)
- 4former
- 5previously
- 6(past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- Part of speech
- adverb
Related words
曾经once曾great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)曾surname Zeng不曾hasn't yet; hasn't ever未曾hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever曾祖父father's father's father似曾相识déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)曾几何时just a while before曾祖母father's father's mother曾孙great-grandson曾祖great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)曾经沧海lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)