Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 更

more
even more
further
still
still more

to change or replace
to experience
one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)

to change
to alter
to modify

substitution
replacing former general
change of leader

to moonlight

to make a new start
to regenerate

night watchman (in former times)

more (than sth else)
even more

alternately
by turns

to change
to replace
to alter

(Internet slang) to update one's blog

to change clothes
to go to the toilet (euphemism)

second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)

to replace (a worn-out tire etc)
to change (one's address etc)

one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night)

fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)

to replace the old with new
to renew
to renovate
to upgrade
to update
to regenerate

watch tower
drum tower marking night watches

deep at night

third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
midnight
also pr. (sānjīn)

(slang) (of a follower) to urge (a blogger etc) to post some fresh content (abbr. for 催促更新 (cuīcùgēngxīn))

first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)

to change name

soldier (serving alternate watch)

lit. to restring one's bow
to reform and start over again

to stop updating (content)

to alter

fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)

even more (so)

first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)

to alternate
to change

deep night

to change
to substitute

resurrection
rebirth
reinvigorated
rejuvenated
a new lease of life

drum marking night watches
night watchman's clapper

even more

to take over (from one another)
to alternate
to replace
to relay

dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)

to keep watch during the night

to be even better than
to be superior to

to correct
to make a correction

to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs

water clock used to mark night watches

Huygens (name)
Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch mathematician and astronomer

Dickens (name)
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist

change room; dressing room; locker room
(euphemism) toilet

urban development project

menopause
andropause

Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)

redbreast
robin

new edition
new version
update

gēngpúnánshǔ

too many to count
very many
innumerable

gèngyǒushènzhě

furthermore (idiom)

gēngshēnrénjìng

deep at night and all is quiet (idiom)

chújiùgēngxīn

to replace the old with new (idiom)

gēngxīnhuàndài

reform and renewal
generational change

bànyèsāngēng

in the depth of night
late at night

sāngēngbànyè

in the depth of the night; very late at night

gēnggāoxìngnéng

high performance

shàobùgēngshì

young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears

gèngshèngyīchóu

superior by a notch
a cut above
even better

áogēngshǒuyè

to stay up through the night (idiom)

shēngēngbànyè

in the dead of night (idiom)

dòngtàigēngxīn

dynamic update (Internet)

zìlìgēngshēng

regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)
self-reliance

wànxiànggēngxīn

(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)

gèngshàngyīcénglóu

更上一层楼

[更上一層樓]

to take it up a notch
to bring it up a level

Chá'ěrsī· Dígēngsī

查尔斯·狄更斯

[查爾斯·狄更斯]

Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist

qiángzhōnggèngyǒuqiángzhōngshǒu

强中更有强中手

[強中更有強中手]

see 強中自有強中手／强中自有强中手 (qiángzhōngzìyǒuqiángzhōngshǒu)

wūlòugèngzāoliányèyǔ

屋漏更遭连夜雨

[屋漏更遭連夜雨]

when it rains, it pours (idiom)

guójìrìqībiàngēngxiàn

国际日期变更线

[國際日期變更線]

international date line

xíngbùgēngmíng,zuòbùgǎixìng

行不更名，坐不改姓

[行不更名，坐不改姓]

I am who I am and not ashamed of it; to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions

bǎichǐgāntóu,gèngjìnyībù

百尺竿头，更进一步

[百尺竿頭，更進一步]

lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)
fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better