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家常

jiā cháng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

家常 (jiā cháng) means "the daily life of a family". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 家常 means

1. the daily life of a family

The characters in 家常

• 家jiāused in 家伙
• 常chángalways; ever; often

Example sentences

• 胜败是兵家常事。
  Shèngbài shì bīngjiāchángshì.
  Both victory and defeat are but an everyday occurrence to a soldier.

Words starting with 家常

• 家常便饭jiā cháng biàn fànsimple home-style meal; common occurrence; nothing out of the ordinary
• 家常菜jiā cháng càihome cooking
• 家常豆腐jiā cháng dòu fuhome-style tofu

Words containing 家常

• 拉家常lā jiā chángto talk or chat about ordinary daily life
• 兵家常事bīng jiā cháng shìcommonplace in military operations (idiom)
• 闲话家常xián huà jiā chángto chat about domestic trivia (idiom)
• 扯家常chě jiā chángto engage in small talk; to chit chat

Sounds the same

Read jiā cháng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 加长to lengthen

Where 家常 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiā cháng correctly.
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