Tā guòqù shícháng zài zǎoshang de shíhou míngxiǎng.
He used to meditate in the mornings.
Sentence #876744 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 时常 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
时shío’clock
日sun · rìMeaning part
寸inch · cùn
Memory aidThe sun 日 marks the time of day. In the full form 時, 寺 (sì) gave the sound.
常chángalways
尚still · shàngSound part
巾napkin · jīnMeaning part
巾 hints at the meaning (napkin); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with cháng.
Memory aidCloth 巾 with 尚 (shàng) for the sound. Its first meaning was a skirt; now it means “often, usual”.
How to write 时常
时 7 strokes · 常 11 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 时常 (shícháng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
时常 (shícháng) means “often” or “frequently”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shícháng: shí with a 2nd tone, then cháng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 时常 is written 時常. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shichang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 时常 from the suggestions. Typing shichang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
时常 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
时shí2nd tone, rising
