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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
céng - to pile on top of one another
- layer; stratum
- floor (of a building); story
- (math.) sheaf
- classifier for layers

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 1,590 815 1,495

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Simplified form of 層; 曾 provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 1,590 815 1,495
高层 - 6 6,071 3,517 7,786
层次 6 5 8,718 3,599 6,577
层面 - 6 9,427 4,587 9,776
上层 - - 9,859 13,895 18,499
楼层 - - 10,423 15,569 15,557
底层 - 8 11,752 12,264 10,978
大气层 - - 11,948 26,838 46,803
顶层 - - 11,992 24,452 25,544
断层 - - 12,125 18,319 38,965
阶层 6 8 13,365 6,431 12,783
云层 - - 15,674 25,560 23,774
双层 - - 15,836 12,547 7,540
下层 - - 17,339 18,083 26,165
深层 - - 17,612 10,814 9,382
更上一层楼 - - 20,022 25,791 18,112
表层 - - 20,319 19,153 25,458
层层 - - 20,906 8,857 13,185
皮层 - - 21,897 24,164 39,395
中层 - - 22,047 17,619 22,073
臭氧层 - - 22,937 42,631 61,923
夹层 - - 23,047 24,140 32,726
外层 - - 23,529 - -
领导层 - - 28,661 - -
基层 - 9 28,908 2,832 9,663
岩层 - - 29,676 34,679 66,572
层出不穷 6 9 31,144 14,245 17,040
地层 - - 31,840 15,767 70,810
分层 - - 33,097 - -
双层床 - - 33,680 - -
涂层 - - 36,419 20,440 25,521
工薪阶层 - - 41,491 26,076 39,556
电离层 - - 42,209 80,316 -
土层 - - 44,415 - -
层级 - - 51,858 - -
上层建筑 - - 53,116 23,115 39,962
对流层 - - 56,410 100,787 122,978
层叠 - - 57,484 42,485 27,003
层流 - - 62,884 68,928 -
镀层 - - 64,753 49,216 83,408
层状 - - 67,943 - -
层峦叠嶂 - - 92,263 89,525 67,926
层报 - - 94,718 - -
同温层 - - 98,045 - -