HSK 3 · Adjectives

更 gèng “more” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 更 means

  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more

How to say 更

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale更gèng4th tone, falling

更 in a sentence

  1. 请说得更清楚些。

    Qǐng shuō de gèng qīngchu xiē.

    Please speak more clearly.

    Sentence #1361973 from Tatoeba

  2. 我需要更多时间。

    Wǒ xūyào gèng duō shíjiān.

    I need more time.

    Sentence #502858 from Tatoeba

  3. 我认为中号会更适合您。

    Wǒ rènwéi zhōnghào huì gèng shìhé nín.

    I think the medium will fit you better.

    Sentence #1589747 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 更 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 更 (gèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
更gèngmore
  • 一one · yī
  • 曰say · yuē
  • 乂to govern · yì

How to write 更

更 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

更 (gèng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 更 (gèng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 更

Words with 更

更加gèngjiā · even more更正gēngzhèng · to correct更新gēngxīn · to update自力更生zìlìgēngshēng · self-reliance

More words: Adjectives

聪明cōngming · intelligent短duǎn · short in length方便fāngbiàn · convenient干净gānjìng · clean坏huài · bad极jí · an extreme简单jiǎndān · simple旧jiù · old

FAQs

更 (gèng) means “more” or “even more”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it gèng: gèng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 更 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type geng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 更 from the suggestions. Typing geng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
更 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.