| 曾 | céng | once; already; former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 曾 | zēng | great-grand (father, child etc); surname Zeng |
| 曾经 | céng jīng | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 曾国藩 | Zēng Guó fān | Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man |
| 曾孙 | zēng sūn | great-grandson |
| 曾外祖母 | zēng wài zǔ mǔ | great-grandmother (mother's grandmother) |
| 曾外祖父 | zēng wài zǔ fù | great-grandfather (mother's grandfather) |
| 曾孝谷 | Zēng xiào gǔ | Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style |
| 曾孙女 | zēng sūn nǚ | great-granddaughter |
| 曾几何时 | céng jǐ hé shí | just a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when.. |
| 曾庆红 | Zēng Qìng hóng | Zeng Qinghong (1939-), politician, vice-president of PRC since 2003 and party secretary-general from 2007 |
| 曾朴 | Zēng Pǔ | Zheng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher |
| 曾祖 | zēng zǔ | great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) |
| 曾祖母 | zēng zǔ mǔ | father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother |
| 曾祖父 | zēng zǔ fù | father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather |
| 曾祖父母 | céng zǔ fù mǔ | great-grandparents |
| 曾纪泽 | Zēng Jì zé | Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia |
| 曾经沧海 | céng jīng cāng hǎi | lit. once experienced the vast ocean(idiom); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life; cf to have known the world |
曾经沧海难为水，
除却巫山不是云 | céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ ,
chú què Wū shān bù shì yún | there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom); one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things |
| 曾繁仁 | Zēng Fán rén | President of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000 |
| 曾荫权 | Zēng Yìn quán | Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-) |
| 曾都 | Zēng dū | Zengdu district of Suizhou city 随州市, Hubei |
| 曾都区 | Zēng dū qū | Zengdu district of Suizhou city 随州市, Hubei |
| 曾金燕 | Zēng Jīn yàn | Zeng Jinyan, wife of jailed dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳 and active campaigner for his release |
| 曾巩 | Zēng Gǒng | Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 |
