平常(píng cháng)

HSK 42 characters

ordinary

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 平常 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 我比平常晚到。

    wǒ bǐ píng cháng wǎn dào

    I arrived later than usual.

  • 他比平常早起了。

    tā bǐ píng cháng zǎo qǐ le

    He got up earlier than usual.

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