常用 meaning in English

cháng yòng

in common usage

HSK 216 strokes

Meaning of 常用

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chángyòng

in common usage

How to use 常用

常用 describes words, items, or methods that people use a lot. It usually goes directly before a noun, often without 的. Example: 这是一个常用词。(Zhè shì yí gè chángyòng cí.) This is a commonly used word.

常 (cháng) means often, as in 常常 (chángcháng), and 用 (yòng) means to use. Something you often use is something in common use.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 常常用 when they mean the adjective "commonly used." 常常用 means "often use" as an action. For "a common word," say 常用词, not 常常用词.

常用 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men经jīng常cháng用yòng英yīng语yǔ讨tǎo论lùn。

We usually talked in English.

我wǒ经jīng常cháng用yòng那nà本běn词cí典diǎn找zhǎo单dān词cí。

I often look up words in that dictionary.

“123456”是shì一yí个gè常cháng用yòng的de密mì码mǎ。

"123456" is a frequently-used password.

汤tāng姆mǔ经jīng常cháng用yòng手shǒu机jī拍pāi照zhào。

Tom often takes pictures with his phone.

汤tāng姆mǔ和hé玛mǎ丽lì经jīng常cháng用yòng法fǎ语yǔ跟gēn对duì方fāng讲jiǎng话huà。

Tom and Mary often speak to each other in French.

Stroke order for each character

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常 cháng · always · 11 strokes

用 yòng · to use · 5 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 常用.

非常	fēicháng	very; really; unusual; extraordinary
不用	bùyòng	need not
有用	yǒuyòng	useful
常常	chángcháng	frequently; often
使用	shǐyòng	to use; to employ
正常	zhèngcháng	normal; regular
经常	jīngcháng	frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
作用	zuòyòng	to act on; to affect; action; function; activity
平常	píngcháng	ordinary; common
信用卡	xìnyòngkǎ	credit card
常见	cháng jiàn	commonly seen; common
利用	lìyòng	to exploit; to make use of

Questions about 常用

What does 常用 mean?

常用 (cháng yòng) means "in common usage".

How do you write 常用?

常用 is made of 2 characters: 常 (11 strokes), 用 (5 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 常用 an HSK word?

Yes. 常用 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

Can 常用 be used as a verb, like "I often use"?

Yes, in speech you can say 我常用这个App (Wǒ cháng yòng zhège App), meaning "I often use this app." Here 常 works as an adverb before the verb 用. As a set phrase, though, 常用 most often describes a noun.

What is the opposite of 常用?

A common opposite is 不常用 (bù chángyòng), not commonly used. In writing you may also see 少用 (shǎo yòng), rarely used.