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曾經

céng jīng

A2 Level 4 ★ Core word
Adverb

曾經 (céng jīng) is a Chinese word meaning “once”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4 (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. once
  2. already
  3. former
  4. previously
  5. ever
  6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

Stroke order

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Example

我曾經在台南住過兩年。

I once lived in Tainan for two years.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).