常在

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Chinese

always; ever; often
always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
 
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
simp. and trad.
(常在)
alternative forms 長在长在 Hokkien
常哉 Hokkien

Etymology

"(Hokkien) often"
The first character has an irregular pronunciation in this word. The Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary (1932) considers it to be borrowed from Mandarin. Along with John Macgowan's "English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect" (1883), they both interpret chhiâng-chāi as "constantly present", but modern dictionaries, such as 《台灣話大詞典》, assign siông-chāi to that sense.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chhiâng-chāi — "often", obsolete for "to exist always";
  • chhêng-chāi — variant for "often".

    Verb

    常在

    1. to exist always; to be constantly present

    Noun

    常在

    1. (historical) first-class female attendant during the Qing dynasty

    Adverb

    常在

    1. (Zhangping and Taiwanese Hokkien) often; frequently; usually

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    References

    • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “常在”, in 臺日大辭典 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
    • Macgowan, John (1883) “Present”, in English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect, Amoy & London: A. A. Marcal and Trubner & Co. 57 Ludgate Hill, page 397
    • 《台灣話大詞典》 (Tâi-ôan-ōe tōa-sû-tián), Taipei, 2002 →ISBN