COMMON    常見

EXISTING IN MANY THINGS OR PLACES.
Hyponym
  • ALL　COMMON so that of NONE NOT. (anc: 8/0, child: 6)
  • ORDINARY　COMMON AND INFERIOR to what is EXCELLENT. (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
Antonym
  • STRANGEFEW:rare AND NOT EXPECTED.
See also
  • VULGARORDINARY AND NOT ELEGANT BECAUSE COMMON to EXCESSIVELY MANY.
Hypernym
  • EXIST　BE-IN the UNIVERSE of SPACE AND TIME. (anc: 6/0, child: 5)
  • BE IN　RELATION between a THING AND what that THING FILLS OR PART:partially FILLS. (anc: 5/0, child: 7)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)

Words (3 items)

常  cháng OC: djaŋ MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 10 Attributions

Cháng 常 (ant. guài 怪 "extraordinary") refers to what is regularly met and not unexpected.

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 非/NOT
  • Contrast: 俗/VULGAR The most general current word for ordinariness or vulgarity is sú 俗 (ant. yǎ 雅 "elegant"), and the basic parameter of judging something as sú 俗is relative status in the hierarchy.
  • Contrast: 庸/ORDINARY Yōng 庸 (ant. tè 特 "of special distinction") refers to what is regularly met and not unexpected, and the word focusses on that this does not distinguish itself through any positive features.

    Syntactic words
  • v[adN]ordinary things; regular patternsLZ
  • v[adN]nonreferentialthose who are ordinary
  • vadNordinary, not beyond the expected, commonplace, normal
  • vadVconstantly, ordinarily
  • vibe ordinary
平常  píng cháng OC: breŋ djaŋ MC: bɣaŋ dʑi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPipositivebe ordinary; act in an ordinary way (one of the key terms and features of the enlightened person in the 臨濟錄)
俗  sú 1 Attribution

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 學/STUDY The dominant word is xué 學 (ant. jiào 教 "train teach")which refers primarily to studying or training under another person, and secondarily to the learning by heart texts. Very often, the word retains a tinge of immitation.

    Syntactic words
  • v[adN]a common, ordinary thingLZ