层 (層) céng

1. céng measure word layer; level
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: In a building or other layered structure (CC-CEDICT '層'; Guoyu '層' n 3; Unihan '層'; XHZD '层' 3, p. 69)
2. céng noun a layer; a level; a storey; a floor; a stratum
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '層'; Guoyu '層' n 1; Kroll 2015 '層' 2, p. 36; Unihan '層'; XHZD '层' 2, p. 69)
3. céng adjective overlapping; layered
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '層'; Guoyu '層' adj; Kroll 2015 '層' 1, p. 36; XHZD '层' 1, p. 69)
4. céng noun rank
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '層' n 3)
5. céng adverb continually
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '層' adv)

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• 断层线(斷層線) geological fault line
• 九层塔(九層塔) basil
• 正电子发射层析(正電子發射層析) positron emission tomography (PET)
• 层子(層子) stratum
• 高层旅馆(高層旅館) luxury hotel; high-class hotel
• 胚层(胚層) germ layer; layer of tissue in embryology
• 外层空间(外層空間) outer space
• 阶层(階層) hierarchy; stratum
• 电子层数(電子層數) electron shell number
• 非层岩(非層巖) unstratified rock
• 领导层(領導層) ruling class; leaders (of society); oligarchy
• 双层巴士(雙層巴士) double-decker bus
• 形成层(形成層) vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
• 文化层(文化層) culture level (in archaeological site)
• 正电子发射体层(正電子發射體層) PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
• 正电子发射计算机断层(正電子發射計算機斷層) PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
• 层流(層流) laminar flow
• 打层次(打層次) to get one's hair layered
• 距状皮层(距狀皮層) calcarine
• 浅层文字(淺層文字) shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
• 薄油层(薄油層) oil sheet
• 上层建筑(上層建築) superstructure
• 墓坑夯土层(墓坑夯土層) layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit
• 内层(內層) internal layer
• 矿层(礦層) ore stratum; vein of ore
• 层级(層級) a level
• 千层面(千層麵) lasagna
• 知识阶层(知識階層) intelligentsia
• 层云(層雲) stratus (cloud)
• 前部皮层下损伤(前部皮層下損傷) anterior subcortical lesions
• 层压(層壓) lamination
• 叠层(疊層) repeated layers; stratified; laminated; stacked; piled strata
• 真皮层(真皮層) dermis
• 土层(土層) layer of soil; ground level
• 层状(層狀) stratified; bedded
• 外层(外層) outer layer; outer shell
• 下层阶级(下層階級) lower class
• 岩层(岩層) rock strata
• 矽镁层(矽鎂層) sima; silicon and magnesium layer in earth's crust
• 永冻土层(永凍土層) permafrost
• 软流层(軟流層) asthenosphere
• 高层(高層) high level
• 煤层(煤層) a coal bed; a coal seam
• 滋养层(滋養層) trophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus); trophoderm
• 楼层(樓層) a story; a floor
• 层积云(層積雲) stratocumulus cloud
• 密密层层(密密層層) tightly packed; closely layered

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