時常

See also: 时常

Chinese

	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
trad. (時常)	時	常
simp. (时常)	时	常
anagram	常時／常时

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shícháng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ soeng⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-sòng

(Meixian, Guangdong): si² cong²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sî-siông / sî-siâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): si⁵ sion⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shícháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcháng
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻang²
  - Yale: shŕ-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrcharng
  - Palladius: шичан (šičan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    時常／时常
    時長／时长
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁴ soeng⁴
  - Yale: sìh sèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ soeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ sêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ sœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-sòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: siiˇ songˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si² song²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ¹¹ soŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: si² cong²
  - Sinological IPA: /sz̩¹¹ t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-siông
  - Tâi-lô: sî-siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sisioong
  - IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /si²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ siɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-siâng
  - Tâi-lô: sî-siâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sisiaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² siaŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si⁵ sion⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sî siôⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩõ⁵⁵/

Adverb

時常

often; frequently

Synonyms

動輒／动辄 (dòngzhé) (literary)
常常 (chángcháng)
常時／常时 (chángshí)
往往 (wǎngwǎng)
慣／惯 (guàn) (literary, or in compounds)
時時／时时 (shíshí)
每每 (měiměi)
終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
經常／经常 (jīngcháng)

Dialectal synonyms of 常常 (“often; frequently”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		經常, 時常, 常常, 時時, 往往, 每每
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	常
	Taiwan	常常
	Harbin	時不見兒, 時不當, 時不當兒, 時不常, 時不常兒, 時不時
	Singapore	常常
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	常常, 常, 時常
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	常常, 常, 時常
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	時常, 常常, 隨時, 時不時
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	帶常, 時常
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	常
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	常
Cantonese	Guangzhou	時時, 時常, 長時, 周時, 遇時, 時不時
	Hong Kong	成日, 經常, 時時, 好多時, 好多時候, 周時, 周不時
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	經常
	Yangjiang	周時
Gan	Nanchang	千常, 時常
Hakka	Meixian	輒常, 長時, 時常, 時不時
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 登常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	輒輒, 長在, 輒常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 經常
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	輒輒, 常勻, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	輒輒, 不時, 輒, 恬恬, 長透, 時時
	Hong Kong	長日
Huizhou	Jixi	三不時, 時不時
Jin	Taiyuan	常常, 時常, 時不時
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	稠稠, 稠, 盡稠
Southern Min	Xiamen	定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時
	Quanzhou	定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時
	Zhangzhou	定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時
	Tainan	定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 捷捷, 沓沓, 常在, 往往
	Manila (Hokkien)	定定, 常常, 四常, 不時
	Chaozhou	長時, 惦惦
	Shantou	經常, 時常, 時時, 惦惦
	Bangkok (Teochew)	惦惦
	Leizhou	長世, 長常
Wu	Shanghai	常樁, 常常, 經常
	Shanghai (Chongming)	千常
	Suzhou	時常, 常時, 常樁
	Ningbo	老老, 老長 rare, 長常 rare, 長時 rare
	Wenzhou	清清, 常期
Xiang	Changsha	練常, 打常, 扯常, 扯常子, 時不時
Xiang	Shuangfeng	練常, 常常