平时(píng shí): ordinarily
ordinarily
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 平时 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
今天比平时还忙。
jīn tiān bǐ píng shí hái máng
Today's even busier than normal.
你平时做些什么？
nǐ píng shí zuò xiē shén me
What do you do normally?
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