不
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Out of the ordinary in Chinese: 不同寻常 (bù tóng xún cháng)

bù tóng xún cháng

out of the ordinary

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 不同尋常1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1out of the ordinary
  2. 2unusual

Stroke order

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不
同
寻
常

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄨㄥˊ

tóng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄩㄣˊ

xún

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄔㄤˊ

cháng

ㄔ/ chㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

不同寻常

Simplified

不同尋常

Traditional

Example sentences

See 不同寻常 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 今天他的表现很不同寻常。

    jīn tiān tā de biǎo xiàn hěn bù tóng xún cháng。

    His behavior today was quite out of the ordinary.

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Related words

不

bù

no

常

cháng

always

同

tóng

like

寻

xún

to search

同学

tóng xué

to study at the same school

非常

fēi cháng

very

经常

jīng cháng

frequently

同事

tóng shì

colleague

同意

tóng yì

to agree

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

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