Chinese Word: 层 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

层 (Trad.: 層)HSK 3

Pinyin: céng
English Definition: layer; stratum; laminated; floor (of a building); storey; classifier for layers; repeated; sheaf (math.)
Chinese Definition:
①重(chóng)：层云。层峰。层浪。层叠。
②重复地：层出不穷。
③级：层次。阶层。上层。
④量词(a。用于重叠、积累的东西，如“五层楼”；b。用于可以分项分步的东西，如“还有一层顾虑”；c。用于可从物体表面揭开或抹去的东西，如“一层薄膜”)。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 尸

Ideographic: Simplified form of 層; 曾 provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 尸 [ shī ] body, corpse
- 云 [ yún ] cloud; to say, to speak

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Example Words:

层次 [ céng cì ]: layer; level; gradation; arrangement of ideas; (a person's) standing

层面 [ céng miàn ]: aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane

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Example Sentences

tā
他
zhè huà
这话
hái yǒu
还有
yī
一
céng
层
yì si
意思

。

What he said has further implications.
tā
她
zhù
住
èr
二
céng
层

。

She lives on the first floor.
wǒ
我
zhù
住
yī
一
céng
层

。

I live on the ground floor.
suǒ yǒu
所有
de
的
lóu céng
楼层
dōu
都
shì
是
píng yā
平压
xià lai
下来
de
的

，
měi
每
céng lóu
层楼
lǐ dōu
里都
yǒu
有
hěn duō
很多
rén
人

。

All floors are pancaking down, and there are people on those floors.
bú guò
不过

，
běn
本
jiào chéng
教程
de
的
zhòng diǎn
重点
shì
是
zhōng jiān jiàn
中间件
céng
层

。

However, this tutorial focuses on the middleware tier.

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