曾
céngzēngZēng HSK3

already

曾 céng frequency
once adverb
once; ever; previously; already; functions as a marker for actions or states that occurred in the past

我曾多次访问过这个城市。

wǒ céng duō cì fǎng​wèn guo zhè gè chéng​shì.

I have visited this city many times.

former adverb
former; having previously held a particular status, title, or role

这位曾任校长的老先生非常受人尊敬。

zhè wèi céng rèn xiào​zhǎng de lǎo xiān​sheng fēi​cháng shòu rén zūn​jìng.

This elderly gentleman, who was once the principal, is very respected.

曾 zēng
great- noun
great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)

他已经有曾孙了。

tā yǐ​jīng yǒu zēng sūn le.

He already has a great-grandson.

曾 Zēng
Zeng proper name
surname Zeng

曾先生是一位著名的作家。

Zēng xiān​sheng shì yī wèi zhù​míng de zuò​jiā.

Mr. Zeng is a famous writer.

Frequency
Character
Written text
463rd most common 461.6 per million
Movie subtitles
588th most common 240.7 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
150.6 per million appears in 42% of films
Written text
257.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+66FE

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