Chinese

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flat; level; equal
flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
 
always; ever; often
always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
 
simp. and trad.
(平常)
anagram 常平

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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平常

  1. ordinary; common; usual; not rare; unexceptional
  2. (euphemistic) so-so; average

Synonyms

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  • (ordinary):
  • (so-so):

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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平常

  1. ordinarily; usually; generally

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (平常):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
へい
Grade: 3
じょう
Grade: 5
goon kan'on

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 平常 (MC bjien|bjaeng dzyang). First appears in the 818 CE poetry compilation 文華秀麗集 (Bunka Shūrei Shū, literally Collection of Beautiful Splendid Writing).[1]

The mixed reading with goon for the first character and kan'on for the second character suggests a shift in the reading after initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(へい)(じょう) (heijōへいじやう (feizyau)?-na (adnominal (へい)(じょう) (heijō na), adverbial (へい)(じょう) (heijō ni))

  1. common, ordinary, usual
    Synonyms: 通常 (tsūjō), 普通 (futsū)
    Antonyms: 特殊 (tokushu), 特別 (tokubetsu)
  2. normal, not emergency
    Synonym: 正常 (seijō)
    Antonyms: 異常 (ijō), 非常 (hijō)

Inflection

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Noun

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(へい)(じょう) (heijōへいじやう (feizyau)?

  1. commonness, ordinariness, usuality
  2. normality

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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平常

  1. chữ Hán form of bình thường (normal; ordinary; usual).

Adverb

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平常

  1. chữ Hán form of bình thường (normally; usually).