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剩

shèng

HSK 4 Character

What 剩 means

1. to remain
2. to be left
3. to have as remainder

Other readings

剩 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shèngvariant of {剩|shèng}

Example sentences

• 现在有剩余。
  Xiànzài yǒu shèngyú.
  Now there is some left over.
• 还剩一点水。
  There is a little water left.
• 还剩座位吗？
  Are any seats still available?
• 几乎没剩下钱。
  There was scarcely any money left.
• 只剩下两天了。
  There's only two days left.
• 还剩多少时间？
  How much time is left?

Words starting with 剩

• 剩下shèng xiàto remain; to be left over
• 剩余shèng yúto remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left
• 剩饭shèng fànleftover food
• 剩菜shèng càileftovers (food)
• 剩余价值shèng yú jià zhí(economics) surplus value
• 剩女shèng nǚ(colloquial) "leftover woman" – a woman who remains single beyond the typical marrying age
• 剩男shèng nán(colloquial) "leftover man" – a man who remains single beyond the typical marrying age
• 剩钱shèng qiánto have money left; remaining money
• 剩磁shèng círesidual magnetism
• 剩余定理shèng yú dìng lǐthe Remainder Theorem
• 剩余放射性shèng yú fàng shè xìngresidual radioactivity
• 剩余辐射shèng yú fú shèresidual radiation

Words containing 剩

• 过剩guò shèngto be excessive; to be more than is required
• 所剩无几suǒ shèng wú jǐthere is not much left
• 余剩yú shèng(literary) to remain; to be left over; (literary) what remains; what's left
• 中国剩余定理Zhōng guó shèng yú dìng lǐChinese remainder theorem (math.)
• 残羹剩饭cán gēng shèng fànleftovers from a meal; fig. remnants handed down from others
• 残茶剩饭cán chá shèng fànsee 残羹剩饭

Characters that look like 剩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 甄zhēnto distinguish; to evaluate
• 靶bǎtarget; mark
• 剿chāoto plagiarize
• 剽piāoto rob; swift; nimble
• 唰shuā(onomatopoeia) swishing; rustling

Sounds the same

Read shèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胜victory; success; to beat
• 圣(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)…
• 盛flourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 晟brightness of sun; splendor; also pr. chéng
• 乘(archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books
• 嵊used in 嵊泗; used in 嵊州