更 gèng

1. gèng adverb more; even more
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison , Concept: Degree 程度
   Notes: (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 1; Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 1; Unihan '更'; XHZD '更' gèng 2)
2. gēng verb to change; to ammend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 改换 (Guoyu '更' gēng v 1; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 1; XHZD '更' gēng 1)
3. gēng noun a watch; a measure of time
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A two hour period of time used before China adopted the Western time system (Guoyu '更' gēng n 1; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 4; XHZD '更' gēng 3)
4. gèng adverb again; also
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 更 is synonymous with 再 or 又 in this sense (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 2; Unihan '更'; XHZD '更' gèng 1).
5. gēng verb to experience
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 经历 (Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 3; XHZD '更' gēng 2)
6. gēng verb to improve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 1a)
7. gēng verb to replace; to substitute
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 代替; for example, in the 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic”, 晉楚更霸 'Chu replaced Jin as overlord' (Guoyu '更' gēng v 2; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1946)
8. gēng verb to compensate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 2a)
9. gèng adverb furthermore; even if
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 即使 (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 6; Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 1b)
10. gèng adverb other
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 1c)
11. gèng verb to increase
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 2)
12. gēng noun forced military service
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 更赋 (Guoyu '更' gēng n 2)
13. gēng proper noun Geng
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '更' gēng n 3)
14. gèng adverb finally; eventually
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 终于 (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 3)
15. jīng verb to experience
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 经历 (Guoyu '更' jīng)

Contained in

• 起更 early watch
• 打更 to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
• 更动(更動) to change; to replace; to alter
• 更楼(更樓) watch tower; drum tower marking night watches
• 更迭 to alternate
• 更深人静(更深人靜) deep at night and all is quiet
• 更衣室 change room; dressing room; locker room; toilet
• 更替 to take over; to alternate; to replace; to relay
• 一更 first watch
• 更深 deep at night
• 初更 first watch
• 更上一层楼(更上一層樓) to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
• 更赋(更賦) forced military service
• 更博 to update one's blog
• 更高性能 high performance
• 百尺竿头，更尽一步(百尺竿頭，更盡一步) hundred foot pole, progress still further; much accomplished, still some work to do; to continue to further successes
• 更新 to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to regenerate
• 更生 to be reborn; to be regenerated
• 狄更斯 Dickens
• 三更半夜 in the depth of the night; very late at night
• 更代 substitution; replacing former general; change of leader
• 行不更名，坐不改姓 I am who I am (and I'm not ashamed) / to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions
• 守更 to keep watch during the night
• 更夫 night watchman (in former times)
• 更新世 Pleistocene
• 更多 more
• 动态更新(動態更新) dynamic update (Internet)
• 自力更生 self-reliant
• 炒更 to moonlight
• 更兼 and further; and yet still
• 更衣 to change clothes ; a changing room ; to go to the toilet
• 路上比终点更有意义(路上比終點更有意義) The road means more than the destination. / It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
• 更有什者(更有甚者) furthermore
• 更阑(更闌) deep night
• 深更半夜 in the dead of night
• 更年期 menopause; andropause
• 过程比终点更美(過程比終點更美) The process is more beautiful than the outcome. / It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
• 二更 second watch
• 更递(更遞) to change; to substitute
• 熬更守夜 to stay up through the night
• 更加 even more
• 更卒 soldier (serving alternate watch)
• 带着希望去旅行，比到达终点更美好(帶著希望去旅行，比到達終點更美好) It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
• 更新版 new edition; new version; update
• 除旧更新(除舊更新) to replace the old with new
• 更仆难数(更僕難數) too many to count; very many; innumerable
• 四更 fourth watch
• 更始 to make a new start; to regenerate

Also contained in

汉更始帝 、 刘更生 、 查尔斯·狄更斯

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