寻
常

Usual in Chinese: 寻常 (xún cháng)

xún cháng

usual

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

Definitions

  1. 1usual
  2. 2common
  3. 3ordinary

Stroke order

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寻
常

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄩㄣˊ

xún

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄔㄤˊ

cháng

ㄔ/ chㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

寻常

Simplified

尋常

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他的做法很不寻常。

    tā de zuò fǎ hěn bù xún cháng。

    His approach is quite unusual.

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Related words

常

cháng

always

寻

xún

to search

非常

fēi cháng

very

经常

jīng cháng

frequently

正常

zhèng cháng

regular

常识

cháng shí

common sense

平常

píng cháng

ordinary

日常

rì cháng

day-to-day

通常

tōng cháng

regular

寻找

xún zhǎo

to seek

照常

zhào cháng

as usual

常常

cháng cháng

frequently

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