曾
céngzēng HSK3

already

曾 céng frequency
once adverb
once; ever in the past; indicates that an action has previously occurred or a state has existed; often used as a formal or written shorthand for 曾经 céng​jīng

我们不曾有过机会。

wǒ​men bù céng yǒu guo jī​huì.

We never had a chance.

每个父母都曾是孩子。

měi​gè fù​mǔ dōu céng shì hái​zi.

Every parent was once a child.

layered
(literary) layered; overlapping
曾 zēng
great- affix
(bound form) great-; indicates a relative separated by two generations, such as a great-grandfather or great-grandchild
Zeng
a Chinese surname
unexpectedly
(literary) unexpectedly; to one's surprise; as it turns out
to increase
(literary) to increase; to add to
even
(literary) even; used for emphasis (often in negated patterns paired with 不 bù)

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