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更gèng是shì
  1. even more (so)

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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更
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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)

Pinyin
gēng
Strokes
7
Frequency
172 of 2500
Words starting with 更Words ending in 更Anywhere in a word
是
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)

Pinyin
shì
Strokes
9
Frequency
5 of 2500
Words starting with 是Words ending in 是Anywhere in a word