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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[céng]
  1. 1. adverb once

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[céng]
  1. 1. adverb indicating that an action once happened or a state once existed
    几年前我见过她一面。
    I met her once several years ago.
    我未听说过这样的事。
    I've never heard of such a thing.
    在公园里留下许多照片。
    西藏是我未到过的地方。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[céng]
  1. 1.
    到过海南岛
    前些天忙过一阵
    相识
  2. 2. 中间不是"田"。由""构成的字有"僧""蹭""增"等

Examples

他的爷爷给当地县衙做过门子。 门子
几年前我见过她一面。
I met her once several years ago.
为了增产,他们尝试过各种方法。
They have tried various ways to increase production. 尝试
多次访问中国。
She's visited China many times. 多次
历史上,黄河多次改道。
The Huanghe River has changed its course many times over the centuries. 改道
他做地下工作时,因叛徒告密而被捕。
When he was doing underground work he was arrested because a renegade informed against him. 告密
这部电影轰动一时。
The film was a great hit. 轰动一时
孙中山长期流亡海外。
Sun Yat-sen spent long years in exile abroad. 流亡
关于这个问题双方有默契。
The two sides had a secret agreement on this question. 默契
县里三令五申,干什么都得按法律办事。
The county repeatedly enjoined that everything must be done according to law. 三令五申

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nciku Note

曾 and 曾经

这两个词都表示以前有过(一般已完成)某事或情况。“曾”较书面化。
Both words indicate that something once happened before.
曾 is more literary than 曾经.
(1)他曾经(曾)在这里学习和生活了三年。
(2)这里曾经(曾)是一片荒凉。

“曾”可说“不曾”、“未曾”、“何曾”“似曾”等,“曾经”不能这样搭配。
曾 can be used in 不曾,未曾,何曾,似曾,etc. 曾经 cannot be used in these phrases.
(3)我只是听说过,但从来不曾见过他。
(4)这件事他未曾听过。
(5)他何曾吃过这么好吃的东西?

“曾”可构成“似曾相识”等成语。
曾 can be used in idiomatic phrases such as 似曾相识 (seem to have met before).
“曾经”的否定式不是“不曾经”,而是“不曾”,“未曾”。
The negative form of 曾经 is not 不曾经, but 不曾 or 未曾。

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