Usage of the character 曾
zēng
曾
[曾]
- great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
Zēng
曾
[曾]
- surname Zeng
céng
曾
[曾]
- once
- already
- ever (in the past)
- former
- previously
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
Zēng Pǔ
曾朴
[曾樸]
- Zeng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher
Zēngzǐ
曾子
[曾子]
- Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學／大学 ( Dàxué)
zēngsūn
曾孙
[曾孫]
- great-grandson
zēngzǔ
曾祖
[曾祖]
- great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
céngjīng
曾经
[曾經]
- once
- already
- former
- previously
- ever
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
bùcéng
不曾
[不曾]
- hasn't yet; hasn't ever
Zēngdū
曾都
[曾都]
- Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市／随州市 ( Suízhōushì), Hubei
Zēng Shēn
曾参
[曾參]
- Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子 ( Zēngzǐ), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學／大学 ( Dàxué)
hécéng
何曾
[何曾]
- did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
wèicéng
未曾
[未曾]
- hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
Zēng Gǒng
曾巩
[曾鞏]
- Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家 ( Táng-Songbādājiā)
Zēng Guófān
曾国藩
[曾國藩]
- Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
zēngsūnnü
曾孙女
[曾孫女]
- great-granddaughter
Zēng Jìzé
曾纪泽
[曾紀澤]
- Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
Zēng Qìnghóng
曾庆红
[曾慶紅]
- Zeng Qinghong (1939-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008
Zēng Fánrén
曾繁仁
[曾繁仁]
- Zeng Fanren, president of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000
zēngzǔfù
曾祖父
[曾祖父]
- father's father's father
- paternal great-grandfather
Zēng Yìnquán
曾荫权
[曾蔭權]
- Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-)
Zēng Jīnyàn
曾金燕
[曾金燕]
- Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳 ( Hú Jiā)
Zēngdūqū
曾都区
[曾都區]
- Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市／随州市 ( Suízhōushì), Hubei
zēngzǔmǔ
曾祖母
[曾祖母]
- father's father's mother
- paternal great-grandmother
Zēng Xiàogǔ
曾孝谷
[曾孝谷]
- Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
zēngzǔfùmǔ
曾祖父母
[曾祖父母]
- great-grandparents
sìcéngxiāngshí
似曾相识
[似曾相識]
- déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
- seemingly familiar
- apparently already acquainted
zēngwàizǔmǔ
曾外祖母
[曾外祖母]
- great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)
céngjīngcānghǎi
曾经沧海
[曾經滄海]
- lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
- fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
zēngwàizǔfù
曾外祖父
[曾外祖父]
- great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
céngjǐhéshí
曾几何时
[曾幾何時]
- just a while before
- not so long ago
- everyone can remember when..
céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquè Wū Shānbùshìyún
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
[曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲]
- there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
- one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things