常见 meaning in English

cháng jiàn

commonly seen; common

HSK 2Traditional 常見15 strokes

Meaning of 常见

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chángjiàn

commonly seen
common
to see sth frequently

How to use 常见

常见 usually describes things, problems, or names that are common or frequently encountered. It often appears before a noun with 的, or after 很. Example: 这是一个很常见的问题。(Zhè shì yí gè hěn chángjiàn de wèntí.) This is a very common problem.

常 (cháng) means often, and 见 (jiàn) means to see. Something you often see is common, so 常见 is "commonly seen."

Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 常见 to mean "to see someone often," as in 我常见他. Natural speech says 我常常见到他 or 我经常看到他, while 常见 mostly works as an adjective meaning common.

常见 in example sentences

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

你nǐ常cháng见jiàn到dào她tā吗ma？

Do you see her often?

我wǒ不bù常cháng见jiàn到dào他tā。

I don't see much of him.

在zài世shì界jiè语yǔ里lǐ，第dì三sān最zuì常cháng见jiàn的de字zì母mǔ是shì“e".

The third most frequent letter in Esperanto is "e".

现xiàn在zài出chū国guó留liú学xué是shì很hěn常cháng见jiàn的de了le。

Studying abroad is very common now.

高gāo速sù列liè车chē在zài欧ōu洲zhōu很hěn常cháng见jiàn。

High speed trains are common in Europe.

Stroke order for each character

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常 cháng · always · 11 strokes

见 jiàn · to see · 4 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 常见.

非常	fēicháng	very; really; unusual; extraordinary
再见	zàijiàn	goodbye; see you again later
看见	kànjiàn	to see; to catch sight of
听见	tīngjiàn	to hear
见面	jiànmiàn	to meet; to see each other
常常	chángcháng	frequently; often
见到	jiàndào	to see
正常	zhèngcháng	normal; regular
经常	jīngcháng	frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
意见	yìjiàn	idea; opinion
见过	jiànguo
平常	píngcháng	ordinary; common

Questions about 常见

What does 常见 mean?

常见 (cháng jiàn) means "commonly seen; common".

How do you write 常见?

常见 is made of 2 characters: 常 (11 strokes), 见 (4 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 常见 an HSK word?

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

How is 常见 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 常见 is written 常見.

What is the difference between 常见 and 普通?

常见 means something appears or happens often. 普通 (pǔtōng) means ordinary or not special. A rare item can still be 普通 in quality, and a 常见 item is simply easy to come across.

What is the opposite of 常见?

The usual opposite is 少见 (shǎojiàn), meaning rarely seen or uncommon. 罕见 (hǎnjiàn) is a stronger, more formal word for very rare.