层 (層)
céng
Pinyin

Definition

层 (層)
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céng
  1. layer
  2. stratum
  3. laminated
  4. floor (of a building)
  5. storey
  6. classifier for layers
  7. repeated
  8. sheaf (math.)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

层
céng
  1. 1 layer
  2. 2 stratum
  3. 3 laminated
  4. 4 floor (of a building)
  5. 5 storey
  6. 6 classifier for layers
  7. 7 repeated
  8. 8 sheaf (math.)
层次
céng cì
  1. 1 layer
  2. 2 level
  3. 3 gradation
  4. 4 arrangement of ideas
  5. 5 (a person's) standing
上层
shàng céng
  1. 1 upper layer
下层
xià céng
  1. 1 underlayer
  2. 2 lower class
  3. 3 lower strata
  4. 4 substrate
中层
zhōng céng
  1. 1 middle-ranking

Idioms (2)

层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
  1. 1 more and more emerge
  2. 2 innumerable succession
  3. 3 breeding like flies (idiom)
层峦叠嶂
céng luán dié zhàng
  1. 1 range upon range of mountains (idiom)

Sample Sentences

民众不满意政府高层做的决定。
mínzhòng bù mǎnyì zhèngfǔ gāocéng zuò de juédìng 。
People are not satisfied with the decision made by the top level of the government.
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政府高层
zhèngfǔ gāocéng
top level of the government
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公司高层决定要把公司关掉了。
gōngsīgāocéng juédìng yào bǎ gōngsī guāndiào le 。
The top management decided to shut down the company.
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公司高层
gōngsīgāocéng
company executive; top management
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高层建筑
gāocéngjiànzhù
high-rise building
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高层
gāocéng
high level
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比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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在太阳系中，水星跟太阳的距离很近，受到太阳高温的影响，水星白天的地表温度非常高，可以达到摄氏427度，因此水星没办法像邻近的金星和地球一样形成一层厚厚的大气层。
zài tàiyángxì zhōng ，Shuǐxīng gēn tàiyang de jùlí hěn jìn ，shòudào tàiyang gāowēn de yǐngxiǎng ，Shuǐxīng báitiān de dìbiǎo wēndù fēicháng gāo ，kěyǐ dádào Shèshì sìbǎièrshíqī dù ，yīncǐ Shuǐxīng méi bànfǎ xiàng línjìn de Jīnxīng hé dìqiú yīyàng xíngchéng yīcéng hòu hòu de dàqìcéng 。
In the solar system, Mercury is very close to the sun. Because of the high temperature from the sun, the ground temperature on Mercury is very high, which is up to 427 degree celsius. Therefore, Mercury cannot form a thick layer of atmosphere like Venus and Earth.
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因为大气层稀薄，所以反射太阳光的能力不如地球，进而也促进了水星高温地表的形成。
yīnwèi dàqìcéng xībó ，suǒyǐ fǎnshè tàiyángguāng de nénglì bùrú dìqiú ，jìnér yě cùjìn le Shuǐxīng gāowēn dìbiǎo de xíngchéng 。
On account of the thin layer of atmosphere, it cannot reflect sunlight as much as the Earth does, and furthermore lead to the formation of Mercury's high temperature surface.
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水星的大气层究竟有多稀薄呢？它只有地球大气层密度的百分之十二。
Shuǐxīng de dàqìcéng jiūjìng yǒu duō xībó ne ？tā zhǐ yǒu dìqiú dàqìcéng mìdù de bǎifēnzhī shíèr 。
How thin the layer of atmosphere is on Mercury? It is 12% of the atmosphere density on Earth.
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