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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *常* | 常* | *常
always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant
HSK 1
frequently; often
HSK 1
commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently
HSK 2
in common usage
HSK 2
common sense / general knowledge / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
all year round / for years on end / average year
HSK 6
code of conduct; conventions; common practice / routine (medical procedure etc)
HSK 6
normal state
HSK 7-9
room temperature / ordinary temperatures
HSK 7-9
ordinary person
HSK 7-9
common sense / conventional reasoning and morals
HSK 7-9
common problems / FAQ
resident / permanent (representative)
ivy
Changzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
(math.) a constant
routine / everyday business / daily operation (of a company)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *常* | 常* | *常
surname Chang
frequent visitor / fig. sth that crops up frequently
evergreen
permanent member of council
standing committee
Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels
everyday words
to visit frequently / to have frequent dealings (with) / to see each other often
evergreen
normal and proper practice / conventional practice / common occurrence
norm (typically observed pattern)
evergreen plant
Changde, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
Changshan county in Quzhou 衢州, Zhejiang
Changshu, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州市|苏州市, Jiangsu
(Tw) grouping of students into classes of mixed ability
conventional weapon
Changning, county-level city in Hengyang 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan
common saying
convention / normal practice / conventional treatment
standing committee (abbr. for 常務委員會|常务委员会) / member of the standing committee (abbr. for 常務委員|常务委员)
common sense; the way people usually feel about things
long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
(of an organization etc) standing or permanent
Changshan county in Quzhou 衢州, Zhejiang
normal practice
permanent
a constant (physics, math.)
frequently / often / usually / regularly
autosomal chromosome / autosome / autosomal
(sports) regular season
fixed salary of an official
constant term (in a mathematical expression)
(statistics) normalized / to normalize (relations etc) / to become the norm
constant term (in a mathematical expression)
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
ordinary differential equation (ODE)
permanent member state (of the UN Security Council)
eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda)
standing committee (e.g. of National People's Congress)
frequently asked questions / FAQ
Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
normal distribution (in statistics)
normal distribution (in statistics)
Ivy League school
to commit (an error) often / common (mistake)
everyday implement / object of everyday use
evergreen tree
Avoirdupois Weight, a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
as the saying goes; as they say...
ivy
Ivy League


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