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憎

zēng

Character

What 憎 means

1. to detest

Example sentences

• 善待憎恨你们的人.
  Shàndài zēnghèn nǐmen de rén.
  Do good to those who hate you.

Words starting with 憎

• 憎恨zēng hènto detest; hatred
• 憎恶zēng èto hate evil
• 憎厌zēng yànto loathe

Words containing 憎

• 可憎kě zēngdisgusting
• 爱憎ài zēnglove and hate
• 人憎狗厌rén zēng gǒu yàndetestable (wordplay based on 神憎鬼厌
• 爱憎分明ài zēng fēn míngto make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates…
• 神憎鬼厌shén zēng guǐ yàn(idiom) despicable; loathsome
• 面目可憎miàn mù kě zēngrepulsive countenance; disgusting appearance
• 人憎狗嫌rén zēng gǒu xiánsee 人憎狗厌

Characters built on 曾

These share the phonetic component 曾 (céng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
• 赠zèngto give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
• 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽
• 蹭cèngto rub against; to walk slowly; (colloquial) to freeload
• 噌cēngto scold; whoosh!
• 甑zèngcauldron; rice pot
• 缯zēngsilk fabrics
• 罾zēnglarge square net

Characters that look like 憎

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

• 增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
• 懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend
• 撑chēngto support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole
• 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽
• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…
• 褶xí(arch.) court dress

Sounds the same

Read zēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 增(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
• 曾great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
• 矰arrow with a streamer
• 缯silk fabrics
• 罾large square net
• 橧dwelling on top of wooden stakes
• 鄫surname Zeng; Zhou vassal state; also pr. Céng