Radical
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
zēng céng
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
12 strokes
Mandarin
zēng / céng

Definitions by reading

zêng1
Mandarin equivalent zēng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zêng1 Chaoyang zêng1 Chenghai zêng1 Jieyang zêng1 Raoping zêng1 Shantou zêng1
①指与自己中间隔两代的亲属:~祖父 | ~孙。
②古同“增”,增加。
③竟,简直,还(hái ):“以君之力~不能损魁父之丘,如太山、王屋何?”
潮州母语资料库
zang1
Mandarin equivalent zēng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zand1 Chaoyang zang1 Chenghai zang1 Jieyang zang1 Raoping zang1 Shantou zang1
①姓。
潮州母语资料库
zêng5
Mandarin equivalent céng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zêng5 Chaoyang zêng5 Chenghai zêng5 Jieyang zêng5 Raoping zêng5 Shantou zêng5
①尝,表示从前经历过:~经 | 未~ | 何~ | ~几何时。
②古同“层”,重(chǒng )。
潮州母语资料库
zêng5
Mandarin equivalent céng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zêng5 Chaoyang zêng5 Chenghai zêng5 Jieyang zêng5 Raoping zêng5 Shantou zêng5
曾经,尝,从前经历过的:他曾去过北京
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

English meaning

already; sign of past

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
精母 一等 開口 登韵 平声 作滕切
Reconstruction:
Original

則也,亦姓,曾參之後,漢有尚書曾偉,古作曾,又音層。

2
從母 一等 開口 登韵 平声 昨棱切
Reconstruction:
Original

經也,又作滕切。