常在

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Chinese

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always; ever; often
always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
 
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
simp. and trad.
(常在)
alternative forms 長在长在 Hokkien
常哉 Hokkien

Etymology

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"(Hokkien) often"
The first character has an irregular pronunciation in this word. The Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary (1932) considers it to be borrowed from Mandarin. Along with John Macgowan's "English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect" (1883), they both interpret chhiâng-chāi as "constantly present", but modern dictionaries, such as 《台灣話大詞典》, assign siông-chāi to that sense.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chhiâng-chāi — "often", obsolete for "to exist always";
  • chhêng-chāi — variant for "often".

    Verb

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    常在

    1. to exist always; to be constantly present

    Noun

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    常在

    1. (historical) first-class female attendant during the Qing dynasty

    Adverb

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    常在

    1. (Zhangping and Taiwanese Hokkien) often; frequently; usually

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

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    References

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    • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “常在”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
    • Macgowan, John (1883) “Present”, in English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect, Amoy & London: A. A. Marcal and Trubner & Co. 57 Ludgate Hill, page 397
    • 《台灣話大詞典》 (Tâi-ôan-ōe tōa-sû-tián), Taipei, 2002 →ISBN