非常

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Chinese

 
(be) not; wrong; blame
(be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
 
always; ever; often
always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
trad. (非常)
simp. #(非常)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (25)
Final () (21) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter pj+j dzyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʉi/ /d͡ʑɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʷɨi/ /d͡ʑiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuəi/ /d͡ʑiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puj/ /d͡ʑɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/piuəi/ /ʑiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/pĭwəi/ /ʑĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pwe̯i/ /ʑi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fēi cháng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fei1 soeng4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fēi cháng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjɨj › ‹ dzyang ›
Old
Chinese
/*pəj/ /*aŋ/
English is not constant

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3076 11152
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯl/ /*djaŋ/

Adverb

非常

  1. extremely; very; highly
    非常感謝非常感谢  ―  fēicháng gǎnxiè  ―  to be extremely grateful; thank you very much
    非常努力工作  ―  fēicháng nǔlì de gōngzuò  ―  to work extremely hard
    用詞非常犀利 [MSC, trad.]
    用词非常犀利 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zài xìn zhōng de yòngcí fēicháng xīlì.
    His wording in the letter is very sharp.
    文化非常好聽 [MSC, trad.]
    文化非常好听 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì yǒu wénhuà de rén, shuō de huà fēicháng hǎotīng.
    He's well-educated, and speaks very smoothly.
    胸懷十分豁達並且意念非常堅強領袖 [MSC, trad.]
    胸怀十分豁达并且意念非常坚强领袖 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì yī wèi xiōnghuái shífēn huòdá, bìngqiě yìniàn fēicháng jiānqiáng de lǐngxiù.
    He's a very broad-minded and strong-willed leader.

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Derived terms

See also

Adjective

非常

  1. (formal) unusual; special; not the run of the mill; extraordinary; exceptional

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (非常):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
じょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Adjective

()(じょう) (hijō-na (adnominal ()(じょう) (hijō na), adverbial ()(じょう) (hijō ni))

  1. extraordinary, unusual

Inflection

Noun

()(じょう) (hijō

  1. emergency

Derived terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

非常 (bisang) (hangeul 비상)

  1. Hanja form? of 비상 (emergency).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

非常

  1. chữ Hán form of phi thường (extraordinary).