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
- 一如往常 as usual
- 常胜军(常勝軍) Chang Sheng Jun ; ever victorious army
- 常忍久耐 consistently patient
- 定常态(定常態) constant state; fixed state
- 常辙(常轍) a regularly frequented path
- 常则(常則) a fixed rule
- 常微分方程 ordinary differential equation (ODE)
- 老生常谭(老生常譚) a scholarly but banal observation
- 进退有常(進退有常) to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
- 寻常(尋常) usual; common; ordinary ; cramped ; easily; lightly
- 恒常 constant ; frequently; constantly; regularly; often
- 常客 frequent guest
- 平常日 weekday
- 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
- 介电常数(介電常數) dielectric constant
- 正常化 normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
- 积习生常(積習生常) accumulated habits give rise to a new norm
- 非常高 extremely high
- 草木得常理 herbs and trees are in perpetual rotation
- 喜怒无常(喜怒無常) temperamental; moody
- 常染色体(常染色體) autosomal chromosome; autosome; autosomal
- 常驻(常駐) to be resident; to be permanent
- 照常 as usual
- 类精神分裂型人格违常(類精神分裂型人格違常) schizoid personality disorder (SPD)
- 心律失常 arrhythmia
- 常令 a standing order
- 常见(常見) commonly seen
- 常见问题(常見問題) common problems; FAQ
- 常言说得好(常言說得好) as the saying goes; as they say...
- 日常 daily; everyday ; daily; everyday
- 常礼服(常禮服) ordinary formal attire
- 常言 a common saying
- 一反常态(一反常態) complete change from the normal state; quite uncharacteristic; entirely outside the norm
- 常心 a steady mind
- 正常工作 normal operation; proper functioning
- 常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋(常在河邊走,哪有不濕鞋) a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet
- 素常 ordinarily; usually
- 常时(常時) frequently; often
- 家常豆腐 home-style tofu
- 照常规(照常規) following the usual custom
- 伦常(倫常) proper human relationships
- 不主故常 not to stick to the old conventions
Also contained in
中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会 、 常德市 、 无常鬼 、 常平 、 扶律谈常 、 散骑常侍 、 全国人大常委会 、 常德地区 、 常宁
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