| 曾参 | [ zēng shēn ] Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[Zeng1 zi3], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2] |
| 曾国藩 | [ zēng guó fān ] Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man |
| 曾孙 | [ zēng sūn ] great-grandson |
| 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-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008 |
| 曾朴 | [ zēng pǔ ] Zheng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher |
| 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 | [ céng jīng ] once, already, former, previously, ever, (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 曾经沧海 | [ céng jīng cāng haǐ ] lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom), fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life |
| 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 | [ céng jīng cāng haǐ nán weí 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 |
| 曾荫权 | [ zēng yìn quán ] Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-) |
| 曾都区 | [ zēng dū qū ] Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市[Sui2 zhou1 shi4], Hubei |
| 曾巩 | [ zēng gǒng ] Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 |
| ⇒ 似曾相识 | [ sì céng xiāng shí ] déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time), seemingly familiar, apparently already acquainted |
