日常 rìcháng day-to-day
day-to-day; daily; everyday
How to remember 日常: 日 sun + 常 often = day-to-day.
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How it is used
- Attributive only - goes before a noun and doesn't stand alone as a predicate: 日常生活 (rìcháng shēnghuó, daily life), 日常用语 (rìcháng yòngyǔ, everyday expressions).
- More formal/written than 平常 (píngcháng, usual/ordinary), which can also function as an adverb or predicate on its own.
Example sentences
- 电视在日常生活中起着重要的作用。 Diànshì zài rìchángshēnghuó zhōng qǐzhe zhòngyào de zuòyòng.TV plays an important part in everyday life.
- 大部分人写的东西是关于他们的日常生活的。 Dàbùfèn rénxiě de dōngxī shì guānyú tāmen de rìchángshēnghuó de.Most people write about their daily life.
- 日记里记载了她的日常生活。 Rìjì lǐ jìzǎile tā de rìcháng shēnghuó.Her diary is a record of her daily life.