Tom was humble.
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曾
céng
HSK 3.0 · 4
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zēng · cang4 (Jyutping)
- great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- surname Zeng
céng · cang4 (Jyutping)
- once
- already
- ever (in the past)
- former
- previously
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
He has been to Hokkaido.
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