經常

See also: 经常

Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
trad. (經常)		經	常
simp. (经常)		经	常

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ soeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn-sòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): keng-siông / keng-siâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹ sion⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-zan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingcháng
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-chʻang²
    • Yale: jīng-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingcharng
    • Palladius: цзинчан (czinčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ soeng⁴
    • Yale: gīng sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-sòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin^ˊ song^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ song²
    • Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴ soŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-siông
    • Tâi-lô: king-siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengsioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-siâng
    • Tâi-lô: king-siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengsiaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng¹ sion⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng siôⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³³⁻²³ sĩõ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cin-zan
    • MiniDict: cin^平 zan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-zan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ zã²¹/

Adverb

經常

1. often; regularly; frequently

   他講課的時候課堂上經常是空空如也。 [MSC, trad.]
   他讲课的时候课堂上经常是空空如也。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā jiǎngkè de shíhòu kètáng shàng jīngcháng shì kōngkōngrúyě. [Pinyin]

   When he teaches, the classroom is often empty.

   老師，我以後可以經常過來向您討教嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   老师，我以后可以经常过来向您讨教吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Lǎoshī, wǒ yǐhòu kěyǐ jīngcháng guòlái xiàng nín tǎojiào ma? [Pinyin]

   Teacher, can I seek more advice from you in the future?

Synonyms

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• 動輒／动辄 (dòngzhé) (literary)
• 常常 (chángcháng)
• 常時／常时 (chángshí)
• 往往 (wǎngwǎng)
• 慣／惯 (guàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 時常／时常 (shícháng)
• 時時／时时 (shíshí)
• 每每 (měiměi)
• 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 常常 (“often; frequently”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		經常, 時常, 常常, 時時, 往往, 每每
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	常
	Taiwan	常常
	Harbin	時不見兒, 時不當, 時不當兒, 時不常, 時不常兒, 時不時
	Singapore	常常
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	常常, 常, 時常
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	常常, 常, 時常
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	時常, 常常, 隨時, 時不時
	Wuhan	帶常, 時常
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	常
	Hefei	常
Cantonese	Guangzhou	時時, 時常, 長時, 周時, 遇時, 時不時
	Hong Kong	成日, 經常, 時時, 好多時, 好多時候, 周時, 周不時
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	經常
	Yangjiang	周時
Gan	Nanchang	千常, 時常
Hakka	Meixian	輒常, 長時, 時常, 時不時
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 登常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	輒輒, 長在, 輒常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 經常
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	輒輒, 常勻, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	輒輒, 不時, 輒, 恬恬, 長透, 時時
	Hong Kong	長日
Huizhou	Jixi	三不時, 時不時
Jin	Taiyuan	常常, 時常, 時不時
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	稠稠, 稠, 盡稠
Southern Min	Xiamen	定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時
	Quanzhou	定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時
	Zhangzhou	定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時
	Tainan	定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 捷捷, 沓沓, 常在, 往往
	Manila (Hokkien)	定定, 常常, 四常, 不時
	Chaozhou	長時, 惦惦
	Shantou	經常, 時常, 時時, 惦惦
	Bangkok (Teochew)	惦惦
	Leizhou	長世, 長常
Wu	Shanghai	常樁, 常常, 經常
	Shanghai (Chongming)	千常
	Suzhou	時常, 常時, 常樁
	Ningbo	老老, 老長 rare, 長常 rare, 長時 rare
	Wenzhou	清清, 常期
Xiang	Changsha	練常, 打常, 扯常, 扯常子, 時不時
	Shuangfeng	練常, 常常

Adjective

經常

1. ordinary; everyday; common

   經常開支／经常开支  ―  jīngcháng kāizhī  ―  overhead (literally, “usual expenses”)