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澄

chéng

HSK 6 Character

What 澄 means

1. clear
2. limpid
3. to clarify
4. to purify

Other readings

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

• dèng(of liquid) to settle; to become clear
• Chéngsurname Cheng
• chéngvariant of {澄|chéng}

Example sentences

• 感谢澄清。
  Thanks for the clarification.
• 把问题澄清一下。
  Bǎ wèntí chéngqīng yīxià.
  Let's clear up this problem.
• 我们像澄清这个问题
  Wǒmen xiàng chéngqīng zhège wèntí
  We want to clear up this problem.
• 让我们来澄清一下这个问题。
  Ràng wǒmen lái chéngqīng yīxià zhège wèntí.
  Let's clear up this problem.

Words starting with 澄

• 澄清chéng qīngclear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify
• 澄澈chéng chèlimpid; crystal clear
• 澄海Chéng HǎiSea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)
• 澄粉chéng fěnwheat starch
• 澄迈Chéng màiChengmai County, Hainan
• 澄面chéng miànwheat starch
• 澄城县Chéng chéng XiànChengcheng, a county in Weinan City 渭南市
• 澄江市Chéng jiāng ShìChengjiang, a county-level city in Yuxi City 玉溪市
• 澄海区Chéng hǎi QūChenghai, a district of Shantou City 汕头市
• 澄迈县Chéng mài xiànChengmai County, Hainan
• 澄渊chéng yuānclear, deep water
• 澄城Chéng chéngsee 澄城县
• 澄彻chéng chèvariant of 澄澈
• 澄江Chéng jiāngsee 澄江市

Words containing 澄

• 黄澄澄huáng dēng dēngglistening yellow; golden
• 清澄qīng chénglimpid
• 杨澄中Yáng Chéng zhōngYang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist
• 揽辔澄清lǎn pèi chéng qīngto assume one's post with the aspiration of bringing about peace and order to the nation…

Characters built on 登

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

• 橙chéngorange tree; orange (color)
• 瞪dèngto open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
• 凳dèngbench; stool
• 蹬dēngto step on; to tread on; to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb)
• 镫dèngstirrup
• 噔dēng(onomatopoeia) thud; thump
• 磴dèngcliff-ledge; stone step
• 嶝dèngpath leading up a mountain

Characters that look like 澄

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

• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 潘pān(archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Taiwan) kitchen waste…
• 碧bìgreen jade; bluish green; blue
• 潢huángdye paper; lake; pond
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 漕cáoto transport (esp. grain) by water; (literary) watercourse; canal

Sounds the same

Read chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成to succeed; to finish; to complete
• 城city walls; city; town
• 程rule; order; regulations
• 诚(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 承to bear; to carry; to hold
• 乘to ride; to mount; to make use of
• 惩to punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 呈to present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 橙orange tree; orange (color)
• 丞deputy
• 盛to hold; to contain; to ladle
• 宬(literary) archive room; library…