平常

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Chinese

 
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


Adjective

平常

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

Synonyms

  • (ordinary):
  • (so-so):

Antonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

平常

  1. ordinarily; usually; generally

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (平常):

Japanese

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

Etymology

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).

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

Adjective

(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

Noun

(へい)(じょう) (heijōへいじやう (feizyau)?

  1. commonness, ordinariness, usuality
  2. normality

References

  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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

平常

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

Adverb

平常

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