| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 更 | 更 | gēng | - to change or replace - to experience - one of the five two hour periods into which the night was formerly divided - watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) |
| 更 | 更 | gèng | - more - even more - further - still - still more |
| 一更 | 一更 | yīgēng | - first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old) |
| 三更 | 三更 | sāngēng | - third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) - midnight - also pr. [san1 jin1] |
| 二更 | 二更 | èrgēng | - second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old) |
| 五更 | 五更 | wǔgēng | - fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old) |
| 初更 | 初更 | chūgēng | - first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old) |
| 四更 | 四更 | sìgēng | - fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old) |
| 守更 | 守更 | shǒugēng | - to keep watch during the night |
| 打更 | 打更 | dǎgēng | - to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times) |
| 更代 | 更代 | gēngdài | - substitution - replacing former general - change of leader |
| 更加 | 更加 | gèngjiā | - more (than sth else) - even more |
| 更动 | 更動 | gēngdòng | - to change - to replace - to alter |
| 更卒 | 更卒 | gēngzú | - soldier (serving alternate watch) |
| 更名 | 更名 | gēngmíng | - to change name |
| 更夫 | 更夫 | gēngfū | - night watchman (in former times) |
| 更始 | 更始 | gēngshǐ | - to make a new start - to regenerate |
| 更张 | 更張 | gēngzhāng | - lit. to restring one's bow - to reform and start over again |
| 更换 | 更換 | gēnghuàn | - to replace (a worn-out tire etc) - to change (one's address etc) |
| 更改 | 更改 | gēnggǎi | - to alter |
| 更新 | 更新 | gēngxīn | - to replace the old with new - to renew - to renovate - to upgrade - to update - to regenerate |
| 更替 | 更替 | gēngtì | - to take over (from one another) - to alternate - to replace - to relay |
| 更楼 | 更樓 | gēnglóu | - watch tower - drum tower marking night watches |
| 更次 | 更次 | gēngcì | - one watch (i.e. two hour period during night) |
| 更正 | 更正 | gēngzhèng | - to correct - to make a correction |
| 更深 | 更深 | gēngshēn | - deep at night |
| 更漏 | 更漏 | gēnglòu | - water clock used to mark night watches |
| 更为 | 更為 | gèngwéi | - even more |
| 更生 | 更生 | gēngshēng | - resurrection - rebirth - reinvigorated - rejuvenated - a new lease of life |
| 更番 | 更番 | gēngfān | - alternately - by turns |
| 更衣 | 更衣 | gēngyī | - to change clothes - to go to the toilet (euphemism) |
| 更迭 | 更迭 | gēngdié | - to alternate - to change |
| 更递 | 更遞 | gēngdì | - to change - to substitute |
| 更阑 | 更闌 | gēnglán | - deep night |
| 更鼓 | 更鼓 | gēnggǔ | - drum marking night watches - night watchman's clapper |
| 炒更 | 炒更 | chǎogēng | - to moonlight |
| 变更 | 變更 | biàngēng | - to change - to alter - to modify |
| 齿更 | 齒更 | chǐgēng | - dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth) |
| 惠更斯 | 惠更斯 | Huìgēngsī | - Huygens (name) - Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch mathematician and astronomer |
| 更年期 | 更年期 | gēngniánqī | - menopause - andropause |
| 更新世 | 更新世 | Gēngxīnshì | - Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages) |
| 更新版 | 更新版 | gēngxīnbǎn | - new edition - new version - update |
| 更衣室 | 更衣室 | gēngyīshì | - change room - dressing room - locker room - toilet |
| 狄更斯 | 狄更斯 | Dígēngsī | - Dickens (name) - Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist |
| 知更鸟 | 知更鳥 | zhīgēngniǎo | - redbreast - robin |
| 都更案 | 都更案 | dūgēngàn | - urban development project |
| 三更半夜 | 三更半夜 | sāngēngbànyè | - in the depth of the night - very late at night |
| 动态更新 | 動態更新 | dòngtàigēngxīn | - dynamic update (Internet) |
| 半夜三更 | 半夜三更 | bànyèsāngēng | - in the depth of night - late at night |
| 更仆难数 | 更僕難數 | gēngpúnánshǔ | - too many to count - very many - innumerable |
| 更新换代 | 更新換代 | gēngxīnhuàndài | - reform and renewal - generational change |
| 更有甚者 | 更有甚者 | gèngyǒushènzhě | - furthermore (idiom) |
| 更深人静 | 更深人靜 | gēngshēnrénjìng | - deep at night and all is quiet (idiom) |
| 更高性能 | 更高性能 | gēnggāoxìngnéng | - high performance |
| 深更半夜 | 深更半夜 | shēngēngbànyè | - in the dead of night (idiom) |
| 熬更守夜 | 熬更守夜 | áogēngshǒuyè | - to stay up through the night (idiom) |
| 自力更生 | 自力更生 | zìlìgēngshēng | - regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) - self-reliance |
| 除旧更新 | 除舊更新 | chújiùgēngxīn | - to replace the old with new (idiom) |
| 更上一层楼 | 更上一層樓 | gèngshàngyīcénglóu | - to take it up a notch - to bring it up a level |
| 国际日期变更线 | 國際日期變更線 | guójìrìqībiàngēngxiàn | - international date line |
| 屋漏更遭连夜雨 | 屋漏更遭連夜雨 | wūlòugèngzāoliányèyǔ | - when it rains, it pours (idiom) |
| 查尔斯・狄更斯 | 查爾斯・狄更斯 | Cháěrsī·Dígēngsī | - Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist |
| 过程比终点更美 | 過程比終點更美 | guòchéngbǐzhōngdiǎngèngměi | - The process is more beautiful than the outcome. - It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. |
| 百尺竿头，更尽一步 | 百尺竿頭，更盡一步 | bǎichǐgāntóu,gèngjìnyībù | - lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do - to continue to further successes - not to rest on one's laurels |
| 行不更名，坐不改姓 | 行不更名，坐不改姓 | xíngbùgēngmíng,zuòbùgǎixìng | - I am who I am (and I'm not ashamed) - fig. to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions |
| 路上比终点更有意义 | 路上比終點更有意義 | lùshangbǐzhōngdiǎngèngyǒuyìyì | - The road means more than the destination. - It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. |
| 带着希望去旅行，比到达终点更美好 | 帶著希望去旅行，比到達終點更美好 | dàizhexīwàngqùlǚxíng,bǐdàodázhōngdiǎngèngměihǎo | - It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. |
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