曾经

céngjīng

once; already; former

adverb HSK 3.0 · Band 5 trad. 曾經

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

我曾经住在这儿。

I once lived here.

你曾经见过他吗?

Have you ever seen him?