常 cháng
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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'). -
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) -
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) -
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') -
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) -
cháng
adjective
eternal; nitya
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: nitya, or: śāśvata, or: satata, Pali: nicca, Japanese: jō, Tibetan: rtag pa (BCSD '常', p. 420; BL 'nitya'; FGDB '常'; Mahāvyutpatti 'nityaḥ'; MW 'nitya'; SH '常', p. 349)
Contained in
- 常例 a convention; a habit; a custom ; to receive the customary gratuity
- 老生常谭(老生常譚) a scholarly but banal observation
- 常模 norm (typically observed pattern)
- 中常 ordinary; average; medium; mid-range; moderate
- 出没无常(出沒無常) to appear and disappear unpredictably
- 祸福无常(禍福無常) disaster and happiness do not follow rules; future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
- 常行 to perpetually practice; a permanent norm ; normal; ordinary
- 中央常务委员会(中央常務委員會) central standing committee
- 言语失常症(言語失常症) speech defect
- 常染色体(常染色體) autosomal chromosome; autosome; autosomal
- 常年大会(常年大會) annual meeting
- 常心 a steady mind
- 重力异常(重力異常) gravitational anomaly
- 如常 as usual ; usually
- 常价(常價) current price
- 正常工作 normal operation; proper functioning
- 常羊 neither progressing or retreating
- 常格 ordinary regulations
- 变革不常(變革不常) changed often
- 常情 reason; sense
- 常言说得好(常言說得好) as the saying goes; as they say...
- 常见(常見) commonly seen
- 法轮常转(法輪常轉) the Wheel turns constantly; Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
- 闲话家常(閑話家常) to chat about domestic trivia
- 季常之癖 fear of a jealous wife
- 常青 evergreen
- 常温(常溫) room temperature; ordinary temperatures
- 常忍久耐 consistently patient
- 常道 normal and proper practice; conventional practice; common occurrence
- 常务(常務) a routine; everyday duties
- 常试(常試) ordinary style
- 人之常情 human nature ; a behavior that is only natural
- 常轨(常軌) convention; common practice
- 家常菜 home cooking
- 异常心理学(異常心理學) abnormal psychology
- 常住论(常住論) eternalism
- 平常 ordinarily; commonly ; ordinary times
- 千里马常有,而伯乐不常有(千里馬常有,而伯樂不常有) there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them
- 常衡制 Avoirdupois Weight
- 常礼服(常禮服) ordinary formal attire
- 素常 ordinarily; usually
- 常任理事国(常任理事國) permanent member state (of UN Security Council)
- 常绿树(常綠樹) evergreen tree
- 家常饭(家常飯) home style cooking
Also contained in
太常寺 、 中共中央政治局常务委员会 、 常骑侍 、 常熟 、 扶律谈常 、 泰常 、 无常鬼
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