| céng | once/already/former/previously/(past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| zēng | surname Zeng/great-grand (father) |
| 曾 | surname Zeng |
| 曾几何时 | just a while before not so long ago everyone can remember when.. |
| 曾国藩 | Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man |
| 曾外祖母 | great-grandmother (mother's grandmother) |
| 曾孙 | great-grandson |
| 曾孙女 | great-granddaughter |
| 曾孝谷 | Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style |
| 曾巩 | Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 |
| 曾庆红 | Zeng Qinghong (1939-), politician, vice-president of PRC since 2003 and party secretary-general from 2007 |
| 曾朴 | Zheng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher |
| 曾母暗沙 | Zengmu Reef |
| 曾用名 | former name |
| 曾祖 | great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) |
| 曾祖母 | father's father's mother paternal great-grandmother |
| 曾祖父 | father's father's father paternal great-grandfather |
| 曾祖父母 | great-grandparents |
| 曾繁仁 | President of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000 |
| 曾纪泽 | Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia |
| 曾纳效应 | [Electronics] Zener effect |
| 曾经 | once already former |