曾

Pinyin: céng

once; already; ever (in the past); former

Example sentence

我曾在一家饭店工作过。

Wǒ céng zài yī jiā fàndiàn gōngzuò guo.

I once worked in a restaurant.

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What 曾 means

曾 (céng) is an Chinese word meaning “once; already; ever (in the past); former”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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