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Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
céng
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
chang4
Short definition storey
Usage frequency Common
Chinese synonyms Chinese Gratis iconChinese tools icon (Click icons, results will appear below)
 
All available English definitions floor (of a building)Cdict iconAdso iconclassifier for layersMDBG icon / (math.) sheafCdict icon / sheaf (math.)MDBG icon / laminatedCdict iconMDBG icon / repeatedCdict iconMDBG icon / story (of a building)Cdict icon / storeyMDBG icon / stratumMDBG icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: floor
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: layer; stratum; laminated; floor (of a building); storey; classifier for layers; repeated; sheaf (math.)
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: a measure word for layers; laminated; repeated; floor; story (of a building); layer
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: a measure word for layers; laminated; repeated; floor; story (of a building); layer; (math.) sheaf'
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进入(jìn rù) to enter
地球大气(dì qiú dà qì) earths atmosphere
(céng) storey
(hòu) behind
小行星(xiǎo xíng xīng) asteroid
分裂(fēn liè) schism
成了(chéng le) to be done
无数的( wú shù de) umpteen
小块(xiǎo kuài) little piece

The asteroid broke up into small pieces as it entered Earth's atmosphere.

玩具(wán jù) toy
部门(bù mén) branch
(zài) (located) at
第五(dì wǔ) 5th
(céng) storey

The toy department is on the fifth floor.

大楼(dà lóu) large building
(yǒu) some
2 0
(céng) storey

The building has 20 floors.

因为(yīn wèi) because
这是(zhèshì)
一个(yī gè) a
(yǒu) some
好几(hǎo jǐ) quite a few
(céng) storey
(dedì) of
瀑布(pù bù) waterfall
所以(suǒ yǐ) as a result
速度慢
也不会(yě bù huì) also cannot
让人惊讶( ràng rén jīng yà) to surprise people

As this is a cascade with multiple layers, it shouldn't be surprising that it's slow.

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