常 cháng

1. cháng adverb always; ever; often; frequently; constantly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: 常 is synonymous with 经常 or 常常 in this sense and is placed before the verb that it modifies (CCD '常' 3; FE '常' 3; Guoyu '常' adj 2; Mathews 1931 '常', p. 25; Sun 2006, loc. 2053; Unihan '常').
2. cháng proper noun Chang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Name 名字
   Notes: (CCD '常' 5; FE '常' 6; Guoyu '常' n 2)
3. cháng adverb long-lasting
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 常 is synonymous with 恒久 in this sense (CCD '常' 2; FE '常' 2; Guoyu '常' adv 1)
4. cháng adjective common; general; ordinary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 常 is synonymous with 一般, 普通, or 正常 in this sense (CCD '常' 1; FE '常' 1; Guoyu '常' adj 1; Mathews 1931 '常', p. 25; Unihan '常')
5. cháng noun a principle; a rule
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '常' 5; FE '常' 5; Guoyu '常' n 1; Mathews 1931 '常', p. 25)

Contained in

• 家常便饭(家常便飯) home cooking
• 中常会(中常會) central standing committee
• 不正常状况(不正常狀況) abnormal state
• 季常癖 hen-pecked [husband]; fear of a jealous wife
• 习以为常(習以為常) to be accustomed to
• 常轨(常軌) convention; common practice
• 伦常(倫常) proper human relationships
• 常日 everyday ; a fixed day
• 常惧(常懼) always afraid
• 经常(經常) frequently; constantly; regularly; often ; daily ; fixed; unchanging
• 兵家常事 commonplace in military operations
• 常服 ordinary attire ; military attire
• 正常工作 normal operation; proper functioning
• 不可常 for not long
• 家常话(家常話) common speech; informal talk
• 草木得常理 herbs and trees are in perpetual rotation
• 老生常谭(老生常譚) a scholarly but banal observation
• 常委会(常委會) standing committee
• 寻常(尋常) usual; common; ordinary ; cramped ; easily; lightly
• 常温(常溫) room temperature; ordinary temperatures
• 常备舰队(常備艦隊) regular fleet
• 异常心理学(異常心理學) abnormal psychology
• 浓密常绿阔叶灌丛(濃密常綠闊葉灌叢) chaparral
• 常会(常會) a regular meeting
• 常态(常態) a normal state ; a fixed posture
• 言语失常症(言語失常症) speech defect
• 中央常务委员会(中央常務委員會) central standing committee
• 反复无常(反覆無常) unstable; erratic; changeable; fickle
• 平常日 weekday
• 家常茶饭(家常茶飯) home cooking
• 每常 frequently (in the past); regularly
• 正常化 normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
• 常常 frequently; usually; often ; mediocre; commonplace
• 常行 to perpetually practice; a permanent norm ; normal; ordinary
• 照常规(照常規) following the usual custom
• 常度 normal manner ; an inherent law; a regular pattern
• 积习生常(積習生常) accumulated habits give rise to a new norm
• 常规(常規) a common practice
• 常心 a steady mind
• 喜怒无常(喜怒無常) temperamental; moody
• 常谈(常談) common speech
• 常青藤 ivy
• 非正常 abnormal; irregular
• 非常感谢(非常感謝) extremely grateful; very thankful
• 常微分方程 ordinary differential equation (ODE)
• 常川 continuously flowing ; ordinary

Also contained in

中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会 、 常务理事 、 常州市 、 常山县 、 三纲五常

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• 卷一百〇四 表第五 諸王世表五 Volume 104 Tables 5: Princes 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 77
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 64
• 卷一百〇四 列傳第五十四: 高仙芝 封常清 哥舒翰 Volume 104 Biographies 54: Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Ge Shuhan Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 56
• 卷一百二十 列傳第八 諸王五 Volume 120 Biographies 8: Princes 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 48
• 卷一百三十五　　列傳第六十　　　　　哥舒翰子:曜　高仙芝　封常清 Volume 135 Biographies 60: Ge Shu Han and son: Yao, Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 39
• 卷十一 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 11: Book of Wei 11 - Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Liang, Guo, Tian, Wang, Bing, and Guan Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 35
• 卷十五 李王鄧來列傳 Volume 15: Biographies of Li, Wang, Deng, Lai Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 33
• 卷78　列傳第43 藝術 Volume 78 Biographies 43: Artists Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 31
• 卷一百〇三 表第四 諸王世表四 Volume 103 Tables 4: Princes 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
• 卷九十　　列傳第七十八:　藝術下 Volume 90 Biographies 78: Diviners 2 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 28