曾经

曾經traditional

HSK 5#723 by frequencyradical 曰

céng jīng["d"]

once; ever; previously; already; former; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

Examples

我曾经见过他。

I've seen him before.

她曾经爱过他。

She used to love him.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.