Word: 曾經 (céngjīng) already; former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

These are the example sentences using 曾經 in the sense already; former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause). Every sentence using 曾經 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Simplified: 曾经

Example sentences using 曾經 in this sense

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京都市曾經是日本的首都。

Jīngdū shì céngjīng shì Rìběn de shǒudū.

Kyoto was the former capital of Japan.
他們曾經很富有。

Tāmen céngjīng hěn fùyǒu.

They were wealthy.
他曾經反對壟斷。

Tā céngjīng fǎnduì lǒngduàn.

He was opposed to monopolies.
他曾經是劍橋大學的教授。

Tā céngjīng shì Jiànqiáo Dàxué de jiàoshòu.

He was a professor at Cambridge University.
他曾經是市長。

Tā céngjīng shì shìzhǎng.

He used to be the mayor.
大熊貓曾經是瀕危動物。

Dàxióngmāo céngjīng shì bīnwēi dòngwù.

The giant panda used to be an endangered animal.
她曾經愛過他。

Tā céngjīng àiguo tā.

She used to love him.
我曾經像豬一樣吃。

Wǒ céngjīng xiàng zhū yíyàng chī.

I used to eat like a pig.
我曾經在中國不到一個月。

Wǒ céngjīng zài Zhōngguó búdào yí gè yuè.

I've been in China for less than a month.
我曾經每週末都和朋友外出。

Wǒ céngjīng měi zhōumò dōu hé péngyou wàichū.

I used to go out with friends every weekend.
據說她曾經是一個模特兒。

Jùshuō tā céngjīng shì yí gè mótèr.

She is said to have been a model.
曾經有一個意外。

Céngjīng yǒu yí gè yìwài.

There's been an accident.
這是她曾經住過的房子。

Zhè shì tā céngjīng zhùguo de fángzi.

This is the house in which she used to live.
那個朝代曾經非常昌盛。

Nàge cháodài céngjīng fēicháng chāngshèng.

That dynasty was once extremely prosperous.
非洲曾經被稱為黑暗大陸。

Fēizhōu céngjīng bèi chēngwéi hēi'àn dàlù.

Africa was once called the Dark Continent.