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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

层 [céng]

1. measure word [指建筑物] floor

这幢摩天大楼有50层。

This skyscraper is 50 floors high.
2. measure word [指覆盖物] layer

电脑屏幕上有一层灰。

There's a layer of dust on the computer screen.
3. measure word [步] step

我们需要进一层研究。

We need to investigate this further.
4. measure word [指含义] layer

他的话还有一层深意。

There is another layer of meaning in what he says.
5. noun [指物、状态] layer

飞机穿过云层。

The plane passed through layers of cloud.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

层 [céng]

1. measure word storey; floor; covering

她住二层。

She lives on the first floor.

我住一层。

I live on the ground floor.

十五层大楼

a fifteen-storey building
2. measure word a component part in a sequence

他这话还有一层意思。

What he said has further implications.

这段文章有两层意思。

This article has two levels of discourse.
3. measure word layer; stratum; thickness; blanket; tier

湖上结了一层薄冰。

A thin layer of ice formed on the lake.

桌上积了厚厚的一层灰尘。

The desk is covered with a thick layer of dust.
4. noun level

层次

arrangement of ideas (in writing or speech)
5. adjective one on top of another; overlapping

层峦叠嶂

peaks rising one upon another; range upon range of hills
6. noun bed; coat
7. noun seam
8. noun shelf

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

层 [céng]

1. 动 [文] 重叠

层峦叠嶂
2. 名重叠起来的东西

高层建筑

云层

大气层
3. 名重叠起来的东西中的一部分；层次

表层

基层

阶层

对流层
4. 量 a)用于重叠的东西

三层楼

千层饼
5. b)用于可以分步骤、分项的事物

这段话分为三层意思

打消了一层顾虑
6. c)用于覆盖在物体表面的东西

剥去一层皮

桌子上落了一层土

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Examples

深秋时节，层林尽染的景象美不胜收。: In late autumn, ring upon ring of woods tinted with deep red constitute a beautiful scenery beyond words.
这层膜是由于干性油氧化形成的。: The sheet of membrane was formed from the oxygenation of dry oil.
今天有点热，我睡觉时就盖了层夹被。: It's a bit hot today, so I cover myself with only a double coverlet when I sleep.
我们这个部门的办公室就在侧面配楼的第3层。: The office of our department is on the third floor of the side building.
I live at the 35th floor. The view from above is amazing.: 我住在35层，从上面俯瞰，景色美不胜收。
to stand three deep: 围了3层
The elevator car was stuck on the 15th floor.: 这部电梯厢被困在15层。
The politician addressed the local town board.: 这个政治家在当地城镇管理层面前发了言。
The management had set a ceiling for the rate of payrises that year.: 那一年，管理层对工资的增长率设定了一个上限。; 4 more results

Character Decomposition

尸 [shī]	+	云 [yún]

Stroke Order

Total Strokes: 7

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