澄 (chéng): clear, limpid, to clarify
澄 (chéng) is a Chinese character meaning “clear.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 登 (phonetic). It ranks #2605 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 澄 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- clear
- limpid
- to clarify
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 澄清adjective | chéng qīng | clear (of liquid) |
| 澄海区 | chéng hǎi qū | Chenghai, a district of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市, Guangdong |
| 澄江市 | chéng jiāng shì | Chengjiang, a county-level city in Yuxi City 玉溪市, Yunnan |
| 澄面noun | chéng miàn | wheat starch |
| 杨澄中 | yáng chéng zhōng | Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist |
| 澄海proper-noun | chéng hǎi | Sea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon) |
| 清澄adjective | qīng chéng | limpid |
| 澄城县 | chéng chéng xiàn | Chengcheng, a county in Weinan City 渭南市, Shaanxi |
| 澄城proper-noun | chéng chéng | see 澄城縣|澄城县 |
| 澄江 | chéng jiāng | see 澄江市 |
| 澄迈县 | chéng mài xiàn | Chengmai County, Hainan |
| 揽辔澄清 | lǎn pèi chéng qīng | to assume one's post with the aspiration of bringing about peace and order to the nation (idiom) |
| 澄彻 | chéng chè | variant of 澄澈 |
| 黄澄澄adjective | huáng dēng dēng | glistening yellow |
| 澄粉noun | chéng fěn | wheat starch |
澄 appears in 18 compound words: 78 as the first character, 6 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 澄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这条澄流经三个省份，滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo chéng liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
This clear stream flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmland along its banks.
PostBru澄清诈骗短信非官方发出 提醒公众提高警惕
P o s t B r u chéng qīng zhà piàn duǎn xìn fēi guān fāng fā chū tí xǐng gōng zhòng tí gāo jǐng tì
PostBru clarifies that fraudulent text messages were not sent by the company and urges the public to remain vigilant
【时光外的画里干坤】汪汉澄/花的名字
shí guāng wài de huà lǐ gān 坤 wāng hàn chéng huā de míng zì
Wang Hancheng/The name of the flower
...像水宙翠自拍惊现“胸部变化”引热议 晒照澄清是因为它
. . . xiàng shuǐ zhòu cuì zì pāi jīng xiàn xiōng bù biàn huà yǐn rè yì shài zhào chéng qīng shì yīn wéi tā
... Like Shui Zhoucui's selfie, the "chest change" caused heated discussions, and the photo was clarified because of it
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fàn shì zhì néng ( 0 6 6 8 2 . H K ) chéng qīng A I tì dài chuán wén : zhǔ yíng yè wù shòu yì dà mó xíng dié dài , . . .
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Karina被吃豆腐?韩男星澄清:我是手痒
K a r i n a bèi chī dòu fǔ ? hán nán xīng chéng qīng : wǒ shì shǒu yǎng
Karina was eaten tofu? The Korean actor clarified: I have itchy hands
我们像澄清这个问题
Wǒmen xiàng chéngqīng zhège wèntí
We want to clear up this problem.
把问题澄清一下。
Bǎ wèntí chéngqīng yīxià.
Let's clear up this problem.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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