| 曾 | [ zēng ] surname Zeng |
| 曾 | [ céng ] once, already, ever (in the past), former, previously, (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 曾 | [ zēng ] great- (grandfather, grandchild etc) |
| 曾參 | [ zēng shēn ] Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[Zeng1 zi3], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2] |
| 曾國藩 | [ zēng guó fān ] Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man |
| 曾外祖母 | [ zēng waì zǔ mǔ ] great-grandmother (mother's grandmother) |
| 曾外祖父 | [ zēng waì zǔ fù ] great-grandfather (mother's grandfather) |
| 曾子 | [ zēng zǐ ] Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2] |
| 曾孝谷 | [ zēng gǔ ] Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style |
| 曾孫 | [ zēng sūn ] great-grandson |
| 曾孫女 | [ zēng sūn nǚ ] great-granddaughter |
| 曾幾何時 | [ céng jǐ hé shí ] just a while before, not so long ago, everyone can remember when.. |
| 曾慶紅 | [ zēng qìng hóng ] Zeng Qinghong (1939-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008 |
| 曾樸 | [ zēng pǔ ] Zheng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher |
| 曾祖 | [ zēng zǔ ] great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) |
| 曾祖母 | [ zēng zǔ mǔ ] father's father's mother, paternal great-grandmother |
| 曾祖父 | [ zēng zǔ fù ] father's father's father, paternal great-grandfather |
| 曾祖父母 | [ zēng zǔ fù mǔ ] great-grandparents |
| 曾紀澤 | [ zēng jì zé ] Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia |
| 曾經 | [ céng jīng ] once, already, former, previously, ever, (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 曾經滄海 | [ céng jīng cāng haǐ ] lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom), fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life |
| 曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲 | [ céng jīng cāng haǐ nán weí shuǐ chú què wū shān bù shì yún ] there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom), one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things |
| 曾繁仁 | [ zēng fán rén ] Zeng Fanren, president of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000 |
| 曾蔭權 | [ zēng yìn quán ] Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-) |
| 曾都 | [ zēng dū ] Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市[Sui2 zhou1 shi4], Hubei |
| 曾都區 | [ zēng dū qū ] Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市[Sui2 zhou1 shi4], Hubei |
| 曾金燕 | [ zēng jīn yàn ] Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳[Hu2 Jia1] |
| 曾鞏 | [ zēng gǒng ] Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 |
| ⇒ 不曾 | [ bù céng ] hasn't yet, hasn't ever |
| ⇒ 似曾相識 | [ sì céng xiāng shí ] déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time), seemingly familiar, apparently already acquainted |
| ⇒ 何曾 | [ hé céng ] did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc) |
| ⇒ 未曾 | [ weì céng ] hasn't (or haven't), hasn't ever |
