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HSK
once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曾* | 曾* | *曾
once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
HSK 4
hasn't yet; hasn't ever
HSK 5
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曾* | 曾* | *曾
surname Zeng
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曾* | 曾* | *曾
great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..
great-grandson
great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市, Hubei
lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom) / fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother
Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学
father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather
Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家
Zeng Qinghong (1939-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008
Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子, student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市, Hubei
great-grandparents
Zeng Fanren, president of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000
Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
great-granddaughter
Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)
great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
Zeng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher
Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
Sir Donald Tsang, aka Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-), the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2005-2012)
Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳


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