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层

céng · ceng

Traditional 層

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to pile on top of one another
  2. layer; stratum
  3. floor (of a building); story
  4. (math.) sheaf
  5. classifier for layers
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Wrong building

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)去(qù)几(jǐ)层(céng)？

    Which floor are you going to?

  2. Dengdeng

    十八(shíbā)层(céng)，我(wǒ)朋友(péngyou)住(zhù)在(zài)那儿(nàr)。

    Floor eighteen. My friend lives there.

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)按(àn)了(le)十八(shíbā)层(céng)，可是(kěshì)电梯(diàntī)不(bù)动(dòng)。

    I pressed eighteen, but the elevator does not move.

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，这(zhè)栋(dòng)楼(lóu)一共(yīgòng)只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)十五(shíwǔ)层(céng)！

    Look, this building only has fifteen floors in total!

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)走(zǒu)错(cuò)楼(lóu)了(le)！

    Then we came to the wrong building!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)座(zuò)大(dà)楼(lóu)一(yí)共(gòng)有(yǒu)三(sān)十(shí)层(céng)。

This building has thirty floors in total.

02

蛋(dàn)糕(gāo)上(shàng)面(miàn)铺(pū)了(le)一(yì)层(céng)厚(hòu)厚(hòu)的(de)奶(nǎi)油(yóu)。

A thick layer of cream is spread on top of the cake.

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