通常

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
trad. (通常)		通	常
simp. #(通常)		通	常

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ soeng⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thûng-sòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-siông / thong-siâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongcháng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-chʻang²
    • Yale: tūng-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongcharng
    • Palladius: тунчан (tunčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ soeng⁴
    • Yale: tūng sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûng-sòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung´ songˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung¹ song²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ²⁴ soŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-siông
    • Tâi-lô: thong-siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongsioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-siâng
    • Tâi-lô: thong-siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongsiaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ¹³/

Adjective

通常

1. regular; usual; normal

Synonyms

• 一般 (yībān)
• 一般子 (i⁶ ban¹ zr) (Xiang)
• 俗 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 凡庸 (fányōng)
• 尋常／寻常 (xúncháng)
• 對頭／对头 (chiefly in the negative)
• 平凡 (píngfán)
• 平常 (píngcháng)
• 平庸 (píngyōng)
• 平板 (píngbǎn)
• 平淡 (píngdàn)
• 普通 (pǔtōng)
• 正常 (zhèngcháng)
• 泛泛 (fànfàn)
• 簡單／简单 (jiǎndān)

 

Antonyms

• 奇特 (qítè)
• 特別／特别 (tèbié)
• 特殊 (tèshū)

Adverb

通常

1. usually; normally; generally; ordinarily

   三角肌攣縮症通常是由反覆肌肉注射或外傷所造成的。 [MSC, trad.]
   三角肌挛缩症通常是由反覆肌肉注射或外伤所造成的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Sānjiǎojī luánsuōzhèng tōngcháng shì yóu fǎnfù jīròu zhùshè huò wàishāng suǒ zàochéng de. [Pinyin]

   Deltoid muscle contracture is usually caused by repeated intramuscular injections or trauma.

Synonyms

• 一般 (yībān)
• 常時／常时 (chángshí)
• 平常 (píngcháng)
• 平常時／平常时 (Hokkien)
• 平日 (píngrì) (literary)
• 平時／平时 (píngshí)
• 平素 (píngsù) (literary)
• 素常 (sùcháng) (literary)
• 素常時／素常时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 閒常／闲常 (xiáncháng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
通	常
つう Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つうじょー [tsùújóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝːʑo̞ː]

Adjective

通(つう)常(じょう) • (tsūjō) ^{←つうじやう (tuuzyau)?}-na (adnominal 通(つう)常(じょう)な (tsūjō na), adverbial 通(つう)常(じょう)に (tsūjō ni))

1. ordinary; conventional; normal

Usage notes

Although technically a na-type adjective, this is more commonly used as an adjective in compounds, such as those in the Derived terms section.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 通常(つうじょう)国会(こっかい) (tsūjō kokkai): an ordinary session of the Diet / Parliament / Congress
• 通常(つうじょう)選挙(せんきょ) (tsūjō senkyo): an ordinary election
• 通常(つうじょう)総会(そうかい) (tsūjō sōkai): an ordinary shareholders meeting
• 通常(つうじょう)兵器(へいき) (tsūjō heiki): conventional weapons
• 通常(つうじょう)郵便物(ゆうびんぶつ) (tsūjō yūbinbutsu): regular mail (i.e. not packages)

Adverb

通(つう)常(じょう) • (tsūjō) ^{←つうじやう (tuuzyau)?}

1. generally, usually, commonly

Noun

通(つう)常(じょう) • (tsūjō) ^{←つうじやう (tuuzyau)?}

1. the usual (thing, etc.), the norm
   • 1935, 平野憲正, 小林健児 (translation), Josef Baló, “濾過性病原体に因る疾病”, in 細菌學雜誌, number 475, →DOI, page 705:

     種痘(しゅとう)の際屡々(さいしばしば)通常(つうじょう)とは異(こと)なった反応(はんのう)が起(おこ)る。

     Shutō no sai shibashiba tsūjō to wa kotonatta hannō ga okoru.

     In smallpox vaccinations, there are often reactions different from the usual.

Korean

Hanja in this term
通	常

Noun

通常 • (tongsang) (hangeul 통상)

1. Hanja form^? of 통상 (“usual”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
通	常

Adjective

通常

1. chữ Hán form of thông thường (“common; ordinary; usual”).

Adverb

通常

1. chữ Hán form of thông thường (“commonly; usually; ordinarily”).