Meaning
to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
Chinese: 更加；读 gēng 时表示更替、夜间时段。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “geng” becomes a different word in each tone. 更 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
- 更新gēng xīnto replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade
- 更换gēng huànto replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)
- 变更biàn gēngto change; to alter; to modify
- 更正gēng zhèngto correct; to make a correction
Example Sentence
今天比昨天更冷。Jīn tiān bǐ zuó tiān gèng lěng.Today is even colder than yesterday.
今天Jīn tiāntoday比bǐcompared to昨天zuó tiānyesterday更gèngmore冷lěngcold。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Read gèng it means ‘more, even more, still further’ (更好 even better); read gēng it means ‘to change, replace; a night-watch period’ (更换, 三更).
A way to remember it
gèng = even more (更好); gēng = to change / night-watch.