通常

Character by character

• 通tōng11 strokesHSK 2pass through; common; communicate
• 常cháng11 strokesHSK 1common, normal, frequent, regular

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 通常. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 非常fēi chángHSK 1

  very; really; unusual; extraordinary

• 通过tōng guòHSK 2

  to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via

• 正常zhèng chángHSK 2

  regular; normal; ordinary

• 经常jīng chángHSK 2

  frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily

• 常chángHSK 1

  always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant

• 通tōngHSK 2

  to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

• 通知tōng zhīHSK 2

  to notify; to inform; notice; notification

• 普通pǔ tōngHSK 2

  common; ordinary; general; average

• 交通jiāo tōngHSK 2

  to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison

• 异常yì chángHSK 6

  unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally

• 常常cháng chángHSK 1

  frequently; often

• 通道tōng dàoHSK 6

  (communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage

• 沟通gōu tōngHSK 5

  to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate

• 通讯tōng xùnHSK 6

  communications; news story; dispatch

• 平常píng chángHSK 2

  ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily

• 通信tōng xìnHSK 3

  to correspond (by letter etc); to communicate; communication

• 开通kāi tōngHSK 6

  to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

• 常规cháng guīHSK 6

  code of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc)

• 日常rì chángHSK 3

  day-to-day; daily; everyday

• 常见cháng jiànHSK 2

  commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently

• 通话tōng huàHSK 6

  to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call

• 寻常xún chángHSK 7

  usual; common; ordinary

• 通报tōng bàoHSK 6

  to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal

• 普通人pǔ tōng rénHSK 7

  ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street