Meaning of 日常
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- day-to-day; daily; everyday
How to use 日常
日常 usually comes before a noun to describe routine things, such as 日常生活 (daily life), 日常用语 (everyday expressions), or 日常工作 (routine work). It can also stand alone as a noun meaning daily routine. Example: 这是我的日常生活。(Zhè shì wǒ de rìcháng shēnghuó.) This is my daily life.
日 (rì) is the sun, so it means day, and 常 (cháng) means constant or often. Something that happens every day, constantly, is 日常: daily and everyday.
Common mistake: Learners often use 日常 as an adverb to mean "every day", as in 我日常跑步. For that meaning, use 每天 (měitiān) or 常常 (chángcháng) instead: 我每天跑步. Also keep cháng in the second tone. It is not the third tone of 长 (zhǎng).
日常 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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日 rì · sun · 4 strokes
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常 cháng · always · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 日常.
| 非常 | fēicháng | very; really; unusual; extraordinary |
| 生日 | shēngrì | birthday |
| 常常 | chángcháng | frequently; often |
| 日期 | rìqī | date |
| 星期日 | xīngqīrì | Sunday |
| 正常 | zhèngcháng | normal; regular |
| 日子 | rìzi | day; a (calendar) date |
| 经常 | jīngcháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily |
| 平常 | píngcháng | ordinary; common |
| 常见 | cháng jiàn | commonly seen; common |
| 节日 | jiérì | holiday; festival |
| 日报 | rìbào | daily newspaper |
Questions about 日常
What does 日常 mean?
日常 (rìcháng) means "day-to-day; daily; everyday" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 日常?
日常 is made of 2 characters: 日 (4 strokes), 常 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 日常 an HSK word?
Yes. 日常 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 日常 and 每天?
每天 (měitiān) means "every day" and tells you how often something happens. 日常 describes something as ordinary or routine, like 日常生活. Say 我每天学中文, not 我日常学中文.
Can 日常 be used as a noun?
Yes. In modern Chinese, especially online, 日常 can mean someone's daily routine or everyday moments. For example, 分享我的日常 (fēnxiǎng wǒ de rìcháng) means "sharing my daily life".