非常

Character by character

• 非fēi8 strokesHSK 1not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
• 常cháng11 strokesHSK 1common, normal, frequent, regular

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 非常好！

  Fēi cháng hǎo

  Well done!

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• 我非常高。

  Wǒ fēi cháng gāo

  I am very tall.

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Words with the same characters

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

• 正常zhèng chángHSK 2

  regular; normal; ordinary

• 经常jīng chángHSK 2

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

• 非fēiHSK 4

  to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must

• 常chángHSK 1

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

• 通常tōng chángHSK 3

  regular; usual; normal; usually; normally

• 并非bìng fēiHSK 7

  really isn't

• 非法fēi fǎHSK 7

  illegal

• 异常yì chángHSK 6

  unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally

• 常常cháng chángHSK 1

  frequently; often

• 除非chú fēiHSK 5

  only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless

• 平常píng chángHSK 2

  ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily

• 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

• 是非shì fēiHSK 7

  right and wrong; quarrel

• 寻常xún chángHSK 7

  usual; common; ordinary

• 非凡fēi fánHSK 7

  out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)

• 时常shí chángHSK 5

  often; frequently

• 非得fēi děiHSK 7

  (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must

• 常识cháng shíHSK 4

  common sense; general knowledge

• 往常wǎng chángHSK 7

  usual; customary

• 常用cháng yòngHSK 2

  in common usage

• 不同寻常bù tóng xún chángHSK 7

  out of the ordinary; unusual

• 常人cháng rénHSK 7

  ordinary person