不常

Chinese

		not; no	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
simp. and trad. (不常)		不	常

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ soeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùcháng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻang²
    • Yale: bù-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucharng
    • Palladius: бучан (bučan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ soeng⁴
    • Yale: bāt sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ²¹/

Adverb

不常

1. not often; seldom; rarely
2. (dated, literary) not in a fixed pattern; irregularly

Adjective

不常

1. (dated, literary) bizarre; out of the ordinary
2. (dated, literary) extraordinary; excellent

Synonyms

• (bizarre): 異常／异常 (yìcháng)

Noun

不常

1. (dated, literary, euphemistic) death