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更

gèng

HSK 3 Character

What 更 means

1. more
2. even more
3. further
4. still
5. still more

Other readings

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

• gēngto change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night

Example sentences

• 我更快。
  I'm faster.
• 更清晰些。
  Gèng qīngxī xiē.
  Be more precise.
• 冷饮更佳。
  Best served chilled.
• 那更好吗？
  Is that better?
• 让它更新。
  Let it update.
• 那是更糟。
  That's even worse.

Words starting with 更

• 更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
• 更是gèng shìeven more (so)
• 更新gēng xīnto replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate
• 更正gēng zhèngto correct; to make a correction
• 更为gèng wéieven more
• 更换gēng huànto replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)
• 更改gēng gǎito alter
• 更深gēng shēndeep at night
• 更名gēng míngto rename
• 更年期gēng nián qīmenopause; andropause
• 更衣室gēng yī shìchange room; dressing room; locker room; (euphemism) toilet
• 更有甚者gèng yǒu shèn zhěfurthermore (idiom)
• 更衣gēng yīto change clothes; to go to the toilet (euphemism)
• 更替gēng tìto take over (from one another); to alternate; to replace
• 更上一层楼gèng shàng yī céng lóuto take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
• 更迭gēng diéto alternate; to change
• 更新换代gēng xīn huàn dàireform and renewal; generational change
• 更生gēng shēngresurrection; rebirth; reinvigorated
• 更动gēng dòngto change; to replace; to alter
• 更代gēng dàisubstitution; replacing former general; change of leader
• 更次gēng cìone watch (i.e. two-hour period during night)
• 更新世Gēng xīn shìPleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
• 更始gēng shǐto make a new start; to regenerate
• 更夫gēng fūnight watchman (in former times)

Words containing 更

• 自力更生zì lì gēng shēngregeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
• 变更biàn gēngto change; to alter; to modify
• 三更sān gēngthird of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old); midnight; also pr. sān jīn
• 深更半夜shēn gēng bàn yèin the dead of night (idiom)
• 五更wǔ gēngfifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
• 三更半夜sān gēng bàn yè(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
• 都更案dū gēng ànurban development project
• 少不更事shào bù gēng shì(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
• 打更dǎ gēngto sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
• 停更tíng gēngto stop updating (content)
• 动态更新dòng tài gēng xīndynamic update (Internet)
• 守更shǒu gēngto keep watch during the night
• 初更chū gēngfirst of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
• 除旧更新chú jiù gēng xīnto replace the old with new (idiom)
• 知更鸟zhī gēng niǎoredbreast; robin
• 巡更xún gēngto patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs
• 齿更chǐ gēngdental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)
• 催更cuī gēng(slang) (of a follower) to urge (a blogger etc) to post some fresh content (abbr. for 催促更新
• 炒更chǎo gēngto moonlight
• 熬更守夜áo gēng shǒu yèto stay up through the night (idiom)
• 一更yī gēngfirst of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
• 二更èr gēngsecond of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
• 四更sì gēngfourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
• 万象更新wàn xiàng gēng xīn(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)

Characters that look like 更

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

• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 灵língquick; alert; efficacious
• 秉bǐngto grasp; to hold; to maintain
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 吏lìminor government official or functionary (old)
• 羌qiāngmuntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)