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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 平常
[píngcháng]
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1.
adjective
common
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2.
adverb
usually
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 平常
[píngcháng]
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形
普通；不特殊
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发生这种情况很平常，不要大惊小怪。
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2.
名
通常的时候；平时
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平常他总爱去图书馆。
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Examples
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他能把极平常的事儿说得很动听。
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He can make ordinary things sound interesting.
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这个词儿平常很少用。
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This word is seldom used on ordinary occasions.
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平常没时间，过年放假咱得回家看看二老。
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Since ordinarily,I have no time to go home,I must go back to visit my parents when spring festival comes.
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这孩子怎么了，平常挺活泼的今天怎么发苶了？
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The child used to be lively, why does he seem so spiritless today?
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别看他平常喜欢犯贫，可一见了女孩儿就说不出话来了。
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Though normally quick-tongued, he becomes speechless in front of girls.
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平常我一听到这个偈子，内心就很感动。
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I feel very much moved whenever I hear this chant.
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一个平常人在官场里呆久了，想要涅而不缁，是很难的。
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It's hard for an ordinary person to remain uncontaminated after years in official circles.
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考试前夕求神拜佛，还不如平常多看看书呢。
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It’s better to read more books than pray to Buddha for help just before an exam.
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这个人平常说话、做事总是郑重其事的样子。
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This person looks very serious while he is talking, and doing things.
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Collocations
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很平常
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very common
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平常生活
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an ordinary life
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平常人家
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a normal family
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平常心
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an ordinary heart
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在平常
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usually
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平常时间
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usual time
nciku Note
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平凡 vs. 平常
píngfán vs. píngcháng
Both words mean “ordinary or common,” but 平常 can be applied to human beings, things and everyday affairs, while 平凡 is mainly applied to human beings. 平凡, opposite to 伟大 has a sense of or the work fields such as “post,” “work,” “jobs,” “world,”; whereas 平常 is the opposite of 特殊. Both words can be reduplicated.
(1) 我只是一个平凡（平常）的工人。
(2) 虽然他看上来光彩夺目，但是他一直很希望能过平常（平凡）的生活。
(3) 他平凡地度过了一辈子。
After substitution, the meaning changes. 平凡的人 means “a common person without any outstanding achievement.” 平常的人 means “an ordinary person just like anyone else.”
Both 平凡 and 平平凡凡 can be used as verbals, but 平常 cannot until being reduplicated to 平平常常. When applied to things other than people, 平常 is used instead of 平凡.
(4) 我觉得这是一种很平常的本领，大部分人都会。
平常 also means “usually or ordinarily.”
(5) 我觉得你今天和平常不一样了。
这两个词都表示常见的、一般的、普通的。但“平常”可用于人、事、物，“平凡”多用于人或人所涉及的领域，如“岗位”、“劳动”、“世界”、“工作”等。“平凡”主要是相对与“伟大”而言，有评价的色彩；“平常”主要是相对于“特殊”而言的。两者都可以重叠使用。
以上两词换用以后侧重点不同。“平凡的人”多指没什么辉煌的业绩、老老实实的人；“平常的人”多指与众人无区别的人。
“平凡”和“平平凡凡”都可以做状语，但“平常”不能，而重叠为“平平常常”以后能做状语。但在用于人以外的事物时，一般用“平常”“
平常”还可以指“平时”。
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