Character data

HSK 3

FREQUENCY 221st character

RADICAL ⽈ (73.3)

STROKES 7

INDEX # 693

更 gèng

more; even more; still

HSK 3 #221

更 gèng	1. more 2. even more 3. still 4. further 5. still more
更 gēng	1. to change or replace 2. to experience 3. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) 4. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided

Word	Meaning
更新 gēng xīn HSK 6	to update; to upgrade; to renew
更正 gēng zhèng HSK 6	to correct; to make a correction
自力更生 zì lì gēng shēng HSK 6	self-reliance
更加 gèng jiā	even more; more (than sth else)
更衣室 gēng yī shì	locker room; dressing room; change room
更为 gèng wéi	even more
更换 gēng huàn	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	robin; redbreast
狄更斯 dí gēng sī	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	late at night; in the depth of night
更替 gēng tì	to replace; to alternate; to take over (from one another)
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 change; to alternate
打更 dǎ gēng	sound the night watch; patrol at night
一更 yī gēng	first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
三更 sān gēng	midnight
三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè	very late at night; in the depth of the night
二更 èr gēng	second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)

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