Chinese Word: 常 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

常

Pinyin: cháng
English Definition: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
Chinese Definition:
①长久，经久不变：常数。常量(亦称“恒量”)。常项。常任。常年。常驻。常住。常备不懈。
②时时，不只一次：常常。常客。时常。经常。
③普通的，一般的：常识。常务。常规。常情。常人。平常。反常。
④姓氏。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 巾

Pictophonetic: 尚 indicates the sound; 巾 (cloth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 尚 still, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel

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Example Words:

异常 [ yì cháng ]: exceptional; abnormal; an anomaly

时常 [ shí cháng ]: often; frequently

常年 [ cháng nián ]: all year round; for years on end; average year

反常 [ fǎn cháng ]: unusual; abnormal

往常 [ wǎng cháng ]: habitually (in the past); as one used to do formerly; as it used to be

Example Sentences

wǒ men
我们
cháng
常
zài
在
xīng qī liù
星期六
wài chū
外出
kàn diàn yǐng
看电影

。

We often go out to cinema on Saturday.
wǒ men
我们
cháng
常
jiàn miàn
见面

。

We see quite a lot of each other.
tā
他
cháng
常
tí qǐ
提起
de
的
nà gè rén
那个人
de
的
míng zi
名字
jiào
叫
shén me
什么

?

What's the name whom he often namechecks?
tā men
他们
cháng
常
zài
在
xià wǔ
下午
dǎ
打
wǎng qiú
网球

。

They often tennis in the afternoon.
tā
她
cháng
常
qù
去
tīng
听
yīn yuè huì
音乐会

。

She goes to concerts quite often.

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