Once in Chinese
once · HSK 5
曾
我曾在北京住过两年。 I once lived in Beijing for two years.
Other ways to say once
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How do you say once in Chinese?
Once in Chinese is 曾 (céng). You can also say 曾经 (céng jīng), 一旦 (yī dàn), 尝 (cháng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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