MEANING/意义
    层
      
  • céng
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    layer; storey; stratum; repeated; laminated; classifier for layers; measure word for layer; sheaf (math.) ; floor (of a building) 
    Type character/汉字; classifier/量词; quantifier/量词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 更上一层楼
      
      
    gèng shàng yì céng lóu
      
    sound for pinyin
    climb to a greater height (things become better) 

  • 你住几层了?
      
      
    nǐ zhù jǐ céng le
      
    sound for pinyin
    Which floor do you live on now?
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 层次
      
    céng cì
      
    sound for pinyin
    layer; level

  • 层次
      
    céng cì
      
    sound for pinyin
    phase; administrative level; arrangement of ideas; stage (of a process) ; level (of achievement etc.) 

  • 层面
      
    céng miàn
      
    sound for pinyin
    dimension; plane (flat surface) ; level (of achievement etc.) ; aspect (of sth. being considered) 

  • 层林
      
    céng lín
      
    sound for pinyin
    serried woods; row upon row of trees

  • 层级
      
    céng jí
      
    sound for pinyin
    level (of achievement etc.) ; class (the division of school) 

  • 层层
      
    céng céng
      
    sound for pinyin
    layer upon layer

  • 阶层
      
    jiē céng
      
    sound for pinyin
    stratum; hierarchy

  • 高层
      
    gāo céng
      
    sound for pinyin
    high class; high level; upper class; high-ranking
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