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

• 常赋(常賦) a fixed tax
• 常用 commonly used
• 常价(常價) current price
• 非常高 extremely high
• 积习生常(積習生常) accumulated habits give rise to a new norm
• 常行 to perpetually practice; a permanent norm ; normal; ordinary
• 常心 a steady mind
• 家常饭(家常飯) home style cooking
• 常委 member of standing committee
• 常青藤八校 Ivy League
• 常会(常會) a regular meeting
• 非常多 much; very many
• 法轮常转(法輪常轉) the Wheel turns constantly; Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
• 戏剧化人格违常(戲劇化人格違常) histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
• 超常 better than average
• 异常(異常) out of the ordinary; abnormal ; extraordinary; exeptional; remarkable
• 正常工作 normal operation; proper functioning
• 无常鬼(無常鬼) Ghost of Impermanence
• 通常 regular; usual; ordinary; normal
• 异常心理学(異常心理學) abnormal psychology
• 常态化(常態化) normalized; to normalize (relations etc); to become the norm
• 日常生活 everyday life; daily life; routine life
• 非常手段 an emergency measure
• 中常会(中常會) central standing committee
• 老生常谈(老生常談) a scholarly but banal observation
• 中央常务委员会(中央常務委員會) central standing committee
• 普朗克常数(普朗克常數) Planck's constant
• 平常 ordinarily; commonly ; ordinary times
• 黑白无常(黑白無常) two deities, one short, one tall, chained together at the ankle, responsible for rewarding the good and punishing the bad
• 常试(常試) ordinary style
• 正常 normal; regular
• 阿伏伽德罗常数(阿伏伽德羅常數) Avogadro's number
• 闲话家常(閑話家常) to chat about domestic trivia
• 常春藤 ivy
• 常时(常時) frequently; often
• 常识(常識) common sense; general knowledge
• 惯常(慣常) usual; customary
• 不可常 for not long
• 常青 evergreen
• 常春藤学府(常春藤學府) Ivy League school
• 知足常乐(知足常樂) satisfied with what one has and always joyful
• 常问问题(常問問題) frequently asked questions; FAQ
• 常俸 fixed salary
• 照常规(照常規) following the usual custom
• 常态分布(常態分佈) the normal distribution ; normal distribution

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中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会 、 常州 、 朱常洛 、 太常寺 、 十常侍 、 常平仓

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• 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