不曾

bùcéng

adverb HSK 5 #9,618

Meanings

Wǒ bù céng qù guo nàge dìfāng.

I have never been to that place.

Tā bù céng tíqǐ guo zhè jiàn shì.

He has never mentioned this matter.

Zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng bù céng fāshēng guo.

This kind of situation has never happened before.

usage

不曾 is more literary and formal than 没有 (méiyǒu). It's often used in written Chinese or to add emotional weight.

grammar

不曾 negates past experiences, similar to 从来没有 (cónglái méiyǒu, have never). Pattern: 不曾 + verb + 过.

不 bù

曾 céng