常常
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
常常 (chángcháng) · often
常常 (chángcháng) means “often”. It is written with 1 character: 常 (often). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 常常 is built
The characters
常 cháng · often
What 常 is made of
- 尚shàng — still
- ⺌ — structural part
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 巾 gives the meaning, 尚 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他常常看电影。Tā chángcháng kàn diànyǐng.He often watches movies.
你常常上网吗？Nǐ chángcháng shàngwǎng ma?Do you often go online?
Questions about 常常
What does 常常 mean?
常常 (chángcháng) means “often”.
How do you pronounce 常常?
常常 is pronounced chángcháng.
Which HSK level is 常常?
常常 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 非常fēichángvery
- 常见chángjiàncommon
- 常用chángyòngcommonly used
- 经常jīngchángoften
- 平常píngchángusually
- 正常zhèngchángnormal
- 日常rìchángdaily
- 通常tōngchángusually
- 常识chángshícommon sense
- 照常zhàochángas usual
Learn 常常 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 44: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.