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剩 shèng

to be left over; to remain

Strokes
12
Level
HSK 4
Radical
刂
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 乘刂 ⿰乘刂

Memory hint: knife

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  1. 桌子上还剩一些饭。
    Zhuōzi shàng hái shèng yìxiē fàn.
    There's still some rice left on the table.
    table on still remain some rice
  2. 还剩多少时间？
    Hái shèng duōshao shíjiān?
    How much time is left?
    still remain how-much time
  3. 把剩下的菜放进冰箱吧。
    Bǎ shèngxià de cài fàng jìn bīngxiāng ba.
    Put the leftover dishes into the fridge.
    (object-marker) remain-down (particle) dish put into fridge (suggestion)
  4. 钱包里没剩多少钱了。
    Qiánbāo lǐ méi shèng duōshao qián le.
    There isn't much money left in the wallet.
    wallet inside not remain how-much money (particle)
  5. 会议结束时，只剩下几个人还在讨论。
    Huìyì jiéshù shí, zhǐ shèngxià jǐ ge rén hái zài tǎolùn.
    When the meeting ended, only a few people were left still discussing.
    meeting end time, only remain-down several (measure) person still at discuss

Words with 剩 (2)