層

Simplified: 层

On the HSK 3 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A2.

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céng ㄘㄥˊ

- to pile on top of one another
- layer stratum
- floor (of a building) story
- sheaf
  math.
- classifier for layers

Other words read céng

In the same tone

曾 céng once
嶒 céng lofty

ceng with other tones

蹭 cèng rub against
噌 cēng scold

Near homophones of ceng

成 chéng succeed
稱 chēng weigh
城 chéng city walls
呈 chéng memorial
承 chéng bear

How 層 is written

部首 radical: 尸
笔画 strokes: 15, with 12 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左上包围结构
偏旁 parts: 尸曾
形旁 meaning: 尸
声旁 sound: 曾

Words with 層

Starting with 層

層次 céngcì layer
層面 céngmiàn aspect
層層 céngcéng layer upon layer
層出不窮 céngchūbùqióng innumerable succession
層狀 céngzhuàng stratified

All 23 words starting with 層

Ending with 層

一層 yīcéng one layer
基層 jīcéng basic level
階層 jiēcéng social class
高層 gāocéng high-rise
地層 dìcéng stratum

All 119 words ending with 層

Containing 層

上層建築 shàngcéngjiànzhù superstructure
深層次 shēncéngcì deep level
地層學 dìcéngxué stratigraphy
更上一層樓 gèngshàngyīcénglóu take it up a notch
煤層氣 méicéngqì coalbed methane

All 47 words containing 層

Example sentences and grammar articles using 層

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