HSK 5 vocabularyHSK 3.0

曾

céng

once

HSK 5
HSK 5 flashcards →Quiz

Meaning of 曾 in English

céngHSK 5adverbSyllabus #2097
  1. once
  2. already
  3. ever (in the past)
  4. former
  5. previously
  6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

Example sentences

  1. 德国曾是意大利的同盟国。
    dé guó céng shì yì dà lì de tóng méng guó。
    Germany was once an ally of Italy.
    Tatoeba #472966 by fucongcong · #931532 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我曾有箇朋友叫湯姆。
    wǒ céng yǒu gè péng yǒu jiào tāng mǔ。
    I used to have a friend named Tom.
    Tatoeba #5611545 by verdastelo9604 · #1970185 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 德国曾是意大利的同盟国。
    dé guó céng shì yì dà lì de tóng méng guó。
    Germany was once allied with Italy.
    Tatoeba #472966 by fucongcong · #38963 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

Tap the character to see its stroke order

HSK words with 曾

曾经HSK 5不曾HSK 6似曾相识HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences