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)
Contained in
- 不主故常 not to stick to the old conventions
- 常道 normal and proper practice; conventional practice; common occurrence
- 常玩 something always carried
- 常备舰队(常備艦隊) regular fleet
- 老生常谭(老生常譚) a scholarly but banal observation
- 常关(常關) normal customs
- 季常癖 hen-pecked [husband]; fear of a jealous wife
- 常例 a convention; a habit; a custom ; to receive the customary gratuity
- 蹈常袭故(蹈常襲故) follow the same old path; stuck in a rut; always the same routine
- 常品 regular quality
- 非常 extraordinarily; very ; out of the ordinary; unusual
- 常用品 everyday implement; object of everyday use
- 常度 normal manner ; an inherent law; a regular pattern
- 定常态(定常態) constant state; fixed state
- 知足常乐(知足常樂) satisfied with what one has and always joyful
- 正常成本 normal cost
- 一反常态(一反常態) complete change from the normal state; quite uncharacteristic; entirely outside the norm
- 照常 as usual
- 无常鬼(無常鬼) Ghost of Impermanence
- 常任 permanent ; Changren ; a member of a sovereign's inner circle
- 常令 a standing order
- 常有 frequently occurring
- 扯家常 to engage in small talk; to chit chat
- 常辙(常轍) a regularly frequented path
- 常俸 fixed salary
- 中常 ordinary; average; medium; mid-range; moderate
- 经常(經常) frequently; constantly; regularly; often ; daily ; fixed; unchanging
- 磁异常(磁異常) magnetic anomaly
- 常委 member of standing committee
- 常委会(常委會) standing committee
- 常谈(常談) common speech
- 家常 in daily family life ; common
- 素常 ordinarily; usually
- 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
- 常人 an ordinary person ; a fixed partner ; a person who sticks to convention
- 常春藤 ivy
- 家常豆腐 home-style tofu
- 恒常 constant ; frequently; constantly; regularly; often
- 常量 a constant (physics, math.)
- 常住论(常住論) eternalism
- 祸福无常(禍福無常) disaster and happiness do not follow rules; future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
- 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
- 常春藤学府(常春藤學府) Ivy League school
- 平常日 weekday
Also contained in
常务理事 、 常德地区 、 散骑常侍 、 朱常洛 、 常平 、 全国人大常委会 、 有佛无佛性相常住
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