(gèng) - even more, still more in Mandarin
gèngTraditional: 更
Translation
even more, still more
Word origin
The character 更 carries the 攴/攵 'action' element with a phonetic part; read geng it serves as the comparative adverb 'even more, still more'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 更 (with 攴/攵 action element + phonetic); comparative reading geng
Stroke order
更
Examples
。
Even better.
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This one is even more expensive.
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He runs even faster.
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Today is colder than yesterday.
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I prefer drinking tea.
更 (gèng) means even more, still more. It is used as a adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.
Where this fits
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 更.
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Stories
(1)Grammar articles
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