寻常 xúncháng usual
usual; common; ordinary
怎么记住“寻常”: 寻 to seek + 常 often = usual.
汉字
用法
- Ordinary, run-of-the-mill - most alive in the negative: 不同寻常 (bùtóng xúncháng) out of the ordinary; 非同寻常 extraordinary.
- More literary than 平常 (píngcháng); often modifies something to say it's NOT commonplace.
- Famous line 寻常百姓家 (xúncháng bǎixìng jiā) an ordinary household.
例句
- 那场事故让我们陷入了不寻常的局势。 Nàchǎng shìgù ràng wǒmen xiànrù le bù xúncháng de júshì.We were faced with an unusual situation because of the accident.
- 汤姆是个不寻常的人。 Tāngmǔ shì gè bù xúncháng de rén.Tom is an extraordinary man.