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層

céng

story, layer, floor, stratum

Strokes
15
Radical
尸
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 层

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 层, the simplified form of 層. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我爱千层面。

    Wǒ ài qiān céng miàn

    I love lasagna.

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  • 你去过外层空间吗？

    Nǐ qù guo wài céng kōng jiān ma

    Have you ever been to outer space?

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  • 你住在哪层楼？

    Nǐ zhù zài nǎ céng lóu

    What floor do you live on?

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  • 云层的构成方式有好几种。

    Yún céng de gòu chéng fāng shì yǒu hǎo jǐ zhǒng

    There are several kinds of cloud formations.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 层

  • 层céng 2to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers
  • 层次céng cì 2–4 layer; level; gradation; arrangement of ideas; (a person's) standing
  • 高层gāo céng 1–2 high-rise; high level; high class
  • 层面céng miàn 2–4 aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane
  • 阶层jiē céng 1–2 social class
  • 层出不穷céng chū bù qióng 2–1–4–2more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
  • 底层dǐ céng 3–2 ground or first floor; bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society)
  • 基层jī céng 1–2 basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer