更
更 in English
- 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)
- more / even more / further / still / still more
Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 15 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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Ken有比你更多的书。
Ken has more books than you.
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Tatoeba:句子，句子和更多的句子。
Tatoeba: Sentences, sentences, and more sentences.
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不管我做什么，她都说我能做得更好。
Whatever I do, she says I can do better.
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世上没有比爱更有价值的东西了。
Nothing is worth more than love.
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世界不是如此糟糕，当然，你成功后，他会更美好。
The world is not so bad. Of course, it is better when you succeed.
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中国历史比日本历史更悠久。
The history of China is older than that of Japan.
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为什么是句子呢？。。。你们可能要问。好吧，那是因为句子更有意思。
Why sentences? …you may ask. Well, because sentences are more interesting.
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九点以后打电话更便宜吗？
Is it cheaper to call after 9:00?