剩
shèng
HSK 4
#1,444 most
frequent character
to remain, to be left
verb
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
剩 pairs 乘 chéng as the sound part with 刂 knife or cutting. It first meant 'left over, extra'. From there it grew to 'to remain, be left'.
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Example Sentences
我还剩下五个苹果。
wǒhuán shèngxià wǔ gè píngguǒ 。
I still have five apples left.
这本书剩下的页数不多了。
zhè běn shū shèngxià de yè shù bùduō le 。
The remaining pages of this book are not many.
我们的钱剩得不够，不能买这个。
wǒmen de qián shèngdé bùgòu ， bùnéng mǎi zhègè 。
The money we have left is not enough to buy this.
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