层

層

céng

measure word HSK 2 #1,590

Meanings

Corpse/shelter radical 尸 + 云 (cloud) — layers of clouds under a roof

Wǒ zhù zài sān céng.

I live on the third floor.

Zhège dàngāo yǒu sān céng.

This cake has three layers.

Zhè dòng lóu yǒu èrshí céng.

This building has twenty floors.

grammar

层 is used for floors of buildings, layers of cake, coats of paint, etc. 几层? (Jǐ céng?) means 'Which floor?'

mistakes

In China, 一层 (yī céng) is the ground floor (like British English). There's no 'floor 0.'

层 céng