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往常

wǎng cháng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

往常 (wǎng cháng) means "usual; customary". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 往常 means

1. usual
2. customary

The characters in 往常

• 往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards
• 常chángalways; ever; often

Example sentences

• 会议比往常早结束。
  Huìyì bǐ wǎngcháng zǎo jiéshù.
  The meeting ended earlier than usual.
• 汤姆像往常一样来晚了
  Tāngmǔ xiàng wǎngcháng yīyàng lái wǎn le
  Tom is late as usual.
• 比尔一如往常上学迟到。
  Bǐ'ěr yīrúwǎngcháng shàngxué chídào.
  Bill was late for school as usual.
• 我和往常一样起得很早。
  I got up early as usual.
• 跟往常一样，他来迟了。
  He was late as usual.
• 汤姆像往常一样来晚了。
  Tom is late as usual.

Words containing 往常

• 一反往常yī fǎn wǎng chángcontrary to what usually happens
• 一如往常yī rú wǎng chángas usual

Where 往常 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wán (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 wǎng cháng correctly.
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