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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

更 [gēng]
  1. 1. verb [改变] change
  2. 2. verb [经历] experience
  3. 3. noun [经历] watch

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

更 [gēng]
  1. 1. verb change; replace
    • 变更 : change; alter; modify
  2. 2. verb [literary expression] experience
    • 少不更事 : young and inexperienced; green
  3. 3. noun one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch
    • 打更 : sound the night watches

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

更 [gēng]
  1. 1. 动 改变;改换
    • 更正
    • 更新
    • 更衣
    • 更名
  2. 2. 名 古代夜间计时单位,一夜分为五更,每更相当于现在的两小时
    • 三更半夜
    • 更深人静
    • 五更天
  3. 3. 名 更鼓
    • 打更
  4. 4. 动 [文] 经历;经过
    • 少不更事

Character Decomposition

一
[yī]		 one +
更 without top line as component
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