剩

shèng

leftovers, residue, remains

How to write 剩, stroke by stroke

to remain; to be left; to have as remainder; variant of 剩

Pictophonetic: semantic 刂 (knife), phonetic 乘

Made of 乘 + 刂

剩下shèng xiàto remain; to be left over
剩余shèng yúremainder; surplus
剩菜shèng càileftovers (food)
过剩guò shèngto be excessive; to be more than is required
剩饭shèng fànleftover food
所剩无几suǒ shèng wú jǐthere is not much left
剩女shèng nǚ(coll.) "leftover woman" – a woman who remains single beyond the typical marrying age
剩男shèng nán(coll.) "leftover man" – a man who remains single beyond the typical marrying age
剩钱shèng qiánto have money left; remaining money
余剩yú shèngsurplus; remainder
剩磁shèng círesidual magnetism
剩余价值shèng yú jià zhí(economics) surplus value

教室里没剩下几个学生了。
jiào shì lǐ méi shèng xià jǐ gè xué shēng le 。
There were few students remaining in the classroom.
他充分利用了剩余的时间。
tā chōng fèn lì yòng le shèng yú de shí jiān 。
He made the best of the time left.
我们还剩很多食物。
wǒ men hái shèng hěn duō shí wù 。
We still have a lot of food left.
还剩多少时间？
hái shèng duō shǎo shí jiān ？
How much time is left?
她瘦得只剩皮包骨了。
tā shòu dé zhī shèng pí bāo gǔ le 。
She is all skin and bone.