曾经
céng jīng 2–1
once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- Characters
- 2
- 曾 · 经
- Syllables
- 2
- céng jīng
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 723
Part of speech: d
Character by character
- 曾céng12 strokesHSK 3already; sign of past
- 经jīng8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 經classic works; pass through
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
我曾经见过他。
Wǒ céng jīng jiàn guo tā
I've seen him before.
她曾经爱过他。
Tā céng jīng ài guo tā
She used to love him.
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 曾经. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 已经yǐ jīngHSK 2
already
- 曾céngHSK 4
once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 经过jīng guòHSK 2
to pass; to go through; process; course
- 经常jīng chángHSK 2
frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 经历jīng lìHSK 3
experience; to experience; to go through
- 经验jīng yànHSK 3
experience; to experience
- 经济jīng jìHSK 3
economy; economic
- 经jīngHSK 7
classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济
- 经理jīng lǐHSK 2
manager; director
- 经营jīng yíngHSK 3
to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- 神经shén jīngHSK 5
nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob
- 经典jīng diǎnHSK 4
the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical
- 未经wèi jīngHSK 7
not having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)
- 经费jīng fèiHSK 5
funds; expenditure
- 不曾bù céngHSK 5
hasn't yet; hasn't ever
- 经受jīng shòuHSK 7
to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand
- 总经理zǒng jīng lǐHSK 6
general manager; CEO
- 正经zhèng jīng
decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards
- 不经意bù jīng yìHSK 7
not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
- 历经lì jīngHSK 7
to experience; to go through
- 财经cái jīngHSK 7
finance and economics
- 经商jīng shāngHSK 7
to trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business
- 似曾相识sì céng xiāng shíHSK 7
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted
- 一经yī jīngHSK 7
as soon as; once (an action has been completed)