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)
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- 现代汉语常用字表(現代漢語常用字表) Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese
- 常业(常業) regular business
- 不正常状况(不正常狀況) abnormal state
- 积分常数(積分常數) constant of integration
- 常作 to constantly do
- 非常手段 an emergency measure
- 常化 steady evolution
- 阿伏伽德罗常数(阿伏伽德羅常數) Avogadro's number
- 常品 regular quality
- 无常(無常) irregular ; changing frequently ; impermanence; anitya; anicca
- 法轮常转(法輪常轉) the Wheel turns constantly; Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
- 拉家常 to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
- 正常工作 normal operation; proper functioning
- 积习生常(積習生常) accumulated habits give rise to a new norm
- 非常多 much; very many
- 常客 frequent guest
- 常法 fixed laws; convention; normal practice; conventional treatment ; long term planning
- 超常 better than average
- 不可常 for not long
- 平常 ordinarily; commonly ; ordinary times
- 常税(常稅) ordinary tax
- 家常话(家常話) common speech; informal talk
- 常委 member of standing committee
- 蹈常袭故(蹈常襲故) follow the same old path; stuck in a rut; always the same routine
- 常项(常項) constant term (in a math expression)
- 常设(常設) standing; permanent
- 常绿树(常綠樹) evergreen tree
- 常羊 neither progressing or retreating
- 常关(常關) normal customs
- 出没无常(出沒無常) to appear and disappear unpredictably
- 变革不常(變革不常) changed often
- 常态(常態) a normal state ; a fixed posture
- 常温(常溫) room temperature; ordinary temperatures
- 闲话家常(閑話家常) to chat about domestic trivia
- 常春藤 ivy
- 常伦(常倫) a normal person ; an ordinary human relationship ; a fixed rule ; Chang Lun
- 常经(常經) fixed rules; unchanging principles
- 常态分班(常態分班) grouping of students into classes of mixed ability
- 常有 frequently occurring
- 常久 long lasting; enduring
- 中央常务委员会(中央常務委員會) central standing committee
- 常心 a steady mind
- 常驻(常駐) to be resident; to be permanent
- 非正常 abnormal; irregular
Also contained in
全国人大常委会 、 常务理事 、 常四爷 、 常平仓 、 朱常洛 、 常熟市 、 无常鬼
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