曾经 céngjīng▶ una vez

Stroke order

曾经 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 曾 — 12 strokes
• 经 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. once
2. already
3. former
4. previously
5. ever
6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

Related words

• 经典clásicos; escrituras
• 经商estar en el negocio; comerciar
• 经营Gestión; administración
• 正经Serio; grave
• 神经nervio
• 经历experiencia

曾经 is pronounced céngjīng and means “una vez”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 曾经 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.