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Meaning of 憎

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Pinyin: zēng
English Definition: to detest
Chinese Definition:
①恨,厌恶,嫌:憎恨。憎恶。爱憎。面目可憎。
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Total strokes: 15; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (heart) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ xīn ] heart; mind; soul
    • [ céng ] already, formerly, once; the past
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Example Words
憎恨 zēng hèn to detest; hatred
憎恶 zēng to loathe; to hate; to abhor; see also 憎恶
爱憎 ài zēng love and hate
可憎 zēng disgusting
爱憎分明 ài zēng fēn míng to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates; to have well-defined likes and dislikes
More: 憎* | *憎 | *憎*
Example Sentences
1
People who can hate also can love in the world, no judgement on love and hate, just a useless role.
2
In this world, only those who could hate could love.
3
It was because he loved my money that he married me.
4
Catherine met it with her accustomed look of nervousness and yet defiance, which he abhorred.
5
I own I did not like her, after her infancy was past; and I vexed her frequently by trying to bring down her arrogance: she never took an aversion to me, though.