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时常

shí cháng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 時常

时常 (shí cháng) means "often". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 时常 means

1. often; frequently

How 时常 is used in grammar

时常 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Time Adverbs: 仍旧、时常、依旧、一向 (HSK 5)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, adverbs (频率副词).

The characters in 时常

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 常chángalways; ever; often

Example sentences

• 汤姆时常捐钱。
  Tom regularly donates money to charity.

Sounds the same

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

• 时长duration

Where 时常 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shí (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 shí cháng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.