剩

shèng
HSK 4
#1,444 most
frequent character
to remain, to be left
verb

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.

Words with similar meanings

余yú
to remain
More formal usage often found in written contexts.
剩余shèngyú
to have as remainder
A more specific term that emphasizes the concept of what's left over.

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