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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[céng]
  1. 1. measure word [指建筑物] floor
    这幢摩天大楼有50
    This skyscraper is 50 floors high.
  2. 2. measure word [指覆盖物] layer
    电脑屏幕上有一灰。
    There's a layer of dust on the computer screen.
  3. 3. measure word [步] step
    我们需要进一研究。
    We need to investigate this further.
  4. 4. measure word [指含义] layer
    他的话还有一深意。
    There is another layer of meaning in what he says.
  5. 5. noun [指物、状态] layer
    飞机穿过云
    The plane passed through layers of cloud.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[céng]
  1. 1. measure word storey; floor; covering
    她住二
    She lives on the first floor.
    我住一
    I live on the ground floor.
    十五大楼
    a fifteen-storey building
  2. 2. measure word a component part in a sequence
    他这话还有一意思。
    What he said has further implications.
    这段文章有两意思。
    This article has two levels of discourse.
  3. 3. measure word layer; stratum; thickness; blanket; tier
    湖上结了一薄冰。
    A thin layer of ice formed on the lake.
    桌上积了厚厚的一灰尘。
    The desk is covered with a thick layer of dust.
  4. 4. noun level
    arrangement of ideas (in writing or speech)
  5. 5. adjective one on top of another; overlapping
    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

[céng]
  1. 1. 动 [文] 重叠
    峦叠嶂
  2. 2. 重叠起来的东西
    建筑
    大气
  3. 3. 重叠起来的东西中的一部分;
    对流
  4. 4. a)用于重叠的东西
  5. 5. b)用于可以分步骤、分项的事物
    这段话分为三意思
    打消了一顾虑
  6. 6. c)用于覆盖在物体表面的东西
    剥去一
    桌子上落了一

Examples

深秋时节,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.
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
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,从上面俯瞰,景色美不胜收。
to stand three deep
围了3
The elevator car was stuck on the 15th floor.
这部电梯厢被困在15
The politician addressed the local town board.
这个政治家在当地城镇管理面前发了言。
The management had set a ceiling for the rate of payrises that year.
那一年,管理对工资的增长率设定了一个上限。

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