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Information of 常

Pinyin cháng

Radical

巾

Strokes

11 strokes

Usage

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Definition

always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant

常 [cháng] 1. Long-lasting, fixed and unchanging. - Example: 常数 (constant); 常量 (a quantity which is constant); 常驻 (permanent residency); 常住 (to reside permanently). 2. Adverb, frequently, often (repeatedly), not just once. - Example: 常常 (often); 时常 (occasionally); 经常 (frequently). 3. Ordinary, general. - Example: 常识 (common sense); 常务 (routine business); 常规 (normal rule); 常人 (ordinary person). 4. Surname. 常 [cháng] 1. The original meaning: flag. - Example: 同本义 (same original meaning as flag). 2. Skirt. - Example: 常 (skirt); 叔旦泣涕于常 (Shu Dan cried over his skirt). 3. Rule, law. - Example: 常理 (rule of reason). 4. A feudal social order, eternal relations between people. - Example: 常伦 (rules of conduct); 三纲五常 (three cardinal guides and five constant relationships). 常 [cháng] - Ancient unit of length. One zhang six chi is 常 (sixteen feet). 常 [cháng] 1. Constant; fixed; unchanging. - Example: 常德 (unchanging virtue); 常心 (fixed heart). 2. General; ordinary; normal. - Example: 常情 (usual feelings); 常见面 (common meetings). 3. Fixed; established. - Example: 常刑 (fixed punishment); 常序 (fixed order). 常 [cháng] 1. Frequently, often. - Example: 常见面 (meet often); 常时 (frequently); 常参官 (regular official). 2. Also means "have already". - Example: 常有 (have already occurred); 常游于此 (have often visited here).

叙家常 xù jiā cháng

Homely

失常 shī cháng

not normal / an aberration

常委 cháng wěi

member of standing committee

四季常青 sì jì cháng qīng

evergreen / remain green throughout the year

非常 fēi cháng

very / very much / unusual / extraordinary

寻常 xún cháng

usual / common / ordinary

不同寻常 bù tóng xún cháng

out of ordinary

非同寻常 fēi tóng xún cháng

extraordinary / quite something

正常 zhèng cháng

regular / normal / ordinary

经常 jīng cháng

frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily

通常 tōng cháng

regular / usual / normal / usually / normally

常常 cháng cháng

frequently / often

日常 rì cháng

daily / everyday

常见 cháng jiàn

commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently

异常 yì cháng

exceptional / abnormal / an anomaly

平常 píng cháng

ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily

常用 cháng yòng

in common usage

时常 shí cháng

often / frequently

常有 cháng yǒu

often

常设 cháng shè

(of an organization etc) standing or permanent

常规 cháng guī

code of conduct / conventions / common practice / routine (medical procedure etc)

常绿 cháng lǜ

evergreen

常年 cháng nián

all year round / for years on end / average year

往常 wǎng cháng

habitually (in the past) / as one used to do formerly / as it used to be

常务 cháng wù

routine / everyday business / daily operation (of a company)

常态 cháng tài

normal state

恢复正常 huī fù zhèng cháng

get right / get one's breath again

惯常 guàn cháng

usual / customary

常备不懈 cháng bèi bù xiè

be on one's toes all the time / always be on the alert

常抓不懈 cháng zhuā bù xiè

Constantly grasping