更 gèng

more, still further, much more

HSK 3 #221

DEFINITIONS

更 gèng
  • more
  • even more
  • further
  • still
  • still more
更 gēng
  • to change or replace
  • to experience
  • one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  • watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

STROKES

WORDS

更新 gēng xīn
HSK 6
to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate
更正 gēng zhèng
HSK 6
to correct; to make a correction
自力更生 zì lì gēng shēng
HSK 6
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
更加 gèng jiā more (than sth else); even more
更衣室 gēng yī shì change room; dressing room; locker room; toilet
更为 gèng wéi even more
更换 gēng huàn to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)
更改 gēng gǎi to alter
变更 biàn gēng to change; to alter; to modify
更年期 gēng nián qī menopause; andropause
知更鸟 zhī gēng niǎo redbreast; robin
狄更斯 dí gēng sī Dickens (name); Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
更上一层楼 gèng shàng yī céng lóu to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
更衣 gēng yī to change clothes; to go to the toilet (euphemism)
半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng in the depth of night; late at night
更替 gēng tì to take over (from one another); to alternate; to replace; to relay
更有甚者 gèng yǒu shèn zhě furthermore (idiom)
更名 gēng míng to change name
更新换代 gēng xīn huàn dài reform and renewal; generational change
更迭 gēng dié to alternate; to change
打更 dǎ gēng to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
一更 yī gēng first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old); midnight; also pr. [san1 jin1]
三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night; very late at night
二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
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