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Ordinary in Chinese: 平常 (píng cháng)

píng cháng

ordinary

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1ordinary
  2. 2common
  3. 3usually
  4. 4ordinarily

Stroke order

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平
常

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄧㄥˊ

píng

ㄆ/ pㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄔㄤˊ

cháng

ㄔ/ chㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 我比平常晚到。

    wǒ bǐ píng cháng wǎn dào。

    I arrived later than usual.

  • 我比平常睡得晚。

    wǒ bǐ píng cháng shuì dé wǎn。

    I went to bed later than usual.

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Related words

平

píng

flat

常

cháng

always

非常

fēi cháng

very

经常

jīng cháng

frequently

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

平时

píng shí

ordinarily

正常

zhèng cháng

regular

常识

cháng shí

common sense

公平

gōng píng

fair

和平

hé píng

peace

平等

píng děng

equal

平方

píng fāng

square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)

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