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平常 píngcháng

平常 píngcháng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 平常 píngcháng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
píngcháng | ping2 chang2
English translation
ordinary
common
usually
ordinarily

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Traditional form

平常 píngcháng

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 平常 píngcháng

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Píng

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

干丷

Number of Strokes

5
Cháng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and Shàng represents the sound. Based on the original meaning, "lower garment", now written as shang . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

Shàng

Semantic compound

jīn

Positional decomposition

尚巾

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 平常 píngcháng

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平常 píngcháng 喜欢 xǐhuan kān 电视剧 diàn shì jù , 上网 shàngwǎng , guàng 公园 gōngyuán .

Ordinarily I like watching TV, surfing online and rambling the park.

这种 zhè zhǒng 情形 qíngxing ,差不多 chàbuduō shì 平常 píngcháng de , Zhí yāo dào xié Qiū shēn de 时候 shíhou .

This is a daily occurrence right into late autumn when the leaves start to fall.

饭菜 fàn cài 没什么 méi shén me 特别 tèbié , tǐng 平常 píngcháng de .

There was nothing special about the meal ; it was average.

zhè shū de Qián ,加上 jiā shàng 平常 píngcháng de 开支 kāizhī , 已经 yǐjīng Huā le 很多.

With this loss and ordinary expenses, so much had already gone.

平常 píngcháng 自行车 zìxíngchē 上班 shàngbān .

I go to work by bicycle as a rule.

平常 píngcháng Decomposition

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平常 píngcháng Compounds

See all 26 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 平常 píngcháng in their composition.

  • Píng
    • píng , píng , pēng , píng , pēng , píng , chèng , pēng , píng , píng , bēng , pēng , píng , píng , pēng , , , , píng , , , píng
  • Cháng
    • cháng , , ,
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