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层

céng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 層

What 层 means

1. to pile on top of one another
2. layer; stratum
3. floor (of a building); story
4. mathsheaf
5. classifier for layers

Example sentences

• 我爱千层面。
  I love lasagna.
• 大楼有20层。
  The building has 20 floors.
• 你住在哪层楼？
  What floor do you live on?
• 你去过外层空间吗？
  Nǐ qù guo wàicéngkōngjiān ma?
  Have you ever been to outer space?
• 飞机在云层上飞着。
  Fēijī zài yúncéng shàng fēi zhe.
  The plane flew above the clouds.
• 机器蒙上了一层灰。
  The machine was coated with dust.

Words starting with 层

• 层次céng cìlayer; level; gradation
• 层出不穷céng chū bù qióngmore and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
• 层面céng miànaspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane
• 层层céng cénglayer upon layer
• 层级céng jílevel; hierarchy
• 层次分明céng cì fēn mínglayered; structured; made up of distinct parts
• 层报céng bàoto report to higher authorities through layers of hierarchy
• 层子céng zistratum
• 层流céng liúlaminar flow
• 层状céng zhuàngstratified; bedded (geology)
• 层理céng lǐstratification
• 层层传达céng céng chuán dáto send down the line
• 层层加码céng céng jiā mǎto increase bit by bit; repeated increments
• 层压céng yālamination
• 层压式推销céng yā shì tuī xiāopyramid scheme
• 层楼céng lóumultistoried building; tower; pagoda
• 层云céng yúnstratus (cloud)
• 层积云céng jī yúnstratocumulus cloud
• 层岩céng yánstratified rock; flagstone
• 层叠céng diélayer upon layer; tiered
• 层见叠出céng xiàn dié chū(idiom) to occur frequently; to occur repeatedly
• 层峦céng luánrange upon range of mountains
• 层峦叠嶂céng luán dié zhàngrange upon range of mountains (idiom)
• 层见迭出céng xiàn dié chūvariant of 层见叠出

Words containing 层

• 阶层jiē céngsocial class
• 高层gāo cénghigh-rise; high level; high class
• 基层jī céngbasic level; grassroots unit; basement layer
• 底层dǐ céngground floor; first floor; lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
• 上层shàng céngupper layer
• 楼层lóu céngfloor; story (of a building)
• 深层shēn céngdeep layer; deep; deep-seated; underlying
• 下层xià céngunderlayer; lower class; lower strata
• 双层shuāng céngdouble tier; double decker
• 顶层dǐng céngtop floor; the top of a building
• 中层zhōng céngmiddle-ranking
• 云层yún céngthe clouds; cloud layer; cloud bank
• 领导层lǐng dǎo céngruling class; leaders (of society); oligarchy
• 表层biǎo céngsurface layer
• 工薪阶层gōng xīn jiē céngsalaried class
• 高层建筑gāo céng jiàn zhùhigh-rise building; skyscraper
• 断层duàn céng(geology) fault; (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill)…
• 分层fēn cénglamination; layering; stratification
• 上层建筑shàng céng jiàn zhùsuperstructure
• 更上一层楼gèng shàng yī céng lóuto take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
• 夹层jiā cénghollow layer between two solid layers; (architecture) mezzanine
• 大气层dà qì céng(meteorology) the atmosphere; atmospheric layer
• 地层dì céngstratum (geology)
• 低层dī cénglow level

Characters that look like 层

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

• 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 庙miàotemple; ancestral shrine; temple fair
• 屉tìdrawer; tier; tray

Sounds the same

Read céng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 曾once; already; ever (in the past)
• 嶒lofty; precipitous