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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

层 [céng]
  1. 1. measure word [指建筑物] floor
    这幢摩天大楼有50层。
    This skyscraper is 50 floors high.
  2. 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. 3. measure word [步] step
    我们需要进一层研究。
    We need to investigate this further.
  4. 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. 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. 1. measure word storey; floor; covering
    欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。
    办公室在教学楼二层。
    这栋楼一共有十一层。
    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. 2. measure word a component part in a sequence
    诗人巧妙的用词使全诗更上了一层境界。
    这是一个多层的句子结构系统。
    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. 3. measure word layer; stratum; thickness; blanket; tier
    她在脸上打了一层粉底。
    蛋糕上抹了一层奶油。
    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. 4. noun level
    层次
    arrangement of ideas (in writing or speech)
  5. 5. adjective one on top of another; overlapping
    层峦叠嶂
    peaks rising one upon another; range upon range of hills
  6. 6. noun bed; coat
  7. 7. noun seam
  8. 8. noun shelf

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

层 [céng]
  1. 1. 动 [文] 重叠
    层峦叠嶂
  2. 2. 名 重叠起来的东西
    高层建筑
    云层
    大气层
  3. 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. 4. 量 a)用于重叠的东西
    三层楼
    千层饼
  5. 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. 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. → 层林
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. → 干性油
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. → 夹被
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. → 配楼
这幢摩天大楼有50层。
This skyscraper is 50 floors high. → 层
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。 → above
to stand three deep
围了3层 → deep

Character Decomposition

尸
[shī]		 + 云
[yún]

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