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平常

píngcháng

ordinary; usual

HSK 2 · Topic “Qualities and features”
A person carrying a bag
Memory picture

Characters in this word

平 píng

Strokes
5
Radical
广 — broad, vast, wide
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

常 cháng

Strokes
11
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Made of
尚 still, yet 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他很平常。 Tā hěn píngcháng. He is very ordinary.
  • 这是平常事。 Zhè shì píngcháng shì. This is a usual thing.
  • 今天很平常。 Jīntiān hěn píngcháng. Today is very ordinary.

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