層
céng HSK2

floor (of a building)

层 層 céng
[layer/floor] measure wordnoun
Used for things that are piled up or overlapping, such as floors of a building, coats of paint, or levels of meaning

我认识那层的一个护士。

wǒ rèn​shi nà céng de yī​ge hù​shi.

I know a nurse on that floor.

第五层是空的。

dì​wǔ céng shì kōng de.

The fifth floor is empty.

layer noun
A physical sheet, thickness of material, or stratum covering a surface
level noun
A stage, grade, or tier within a hierarchy, organization, or abstract structure

天堂有不同的层吗？

tiān​táng yǒu bù​tóng de céng ma?

Are there different levels in heaven?

to pile up
(literary) To overlap; to pile one on top of another; repeated
surname
A Chinese surname
sheaf
(math.) a sheaf

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
699th most common 277.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,120th most common 81.3 per million appears in 31% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
51.1 per million appears in 16% of films
Written text
155.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Simplified
层
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+5C64

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)