时常
Old HSK 6
时常 (shícháng) · often
时常 (shícháng) means “often; frequently”. It is written with 2 characters: 时 (time) + 常 (often). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 时常 is built
The characters
时 shí · time
What 时 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: day (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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
我时常想起小时候的事。Wǒ shícháng xiǎngqǐ xiǎoshíhòu de shì.I often think about my childhood.
他们时常一起去爬山。Tāmen shícháng yìqǐ qù páshān.They frequently go hiking together.
Questions about 时常
What does 时常 mean?
时常 (shícháng) means “often; frequently”.
How do you pronounce 时常?
时常 is pronounced shícháng.
Which HSK level is 时常?
时常 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 时候shíhoutime
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 当时dāngshíthen
- 那时候nà shíhouat that time
- 平时píngshíusually
- 随时suíshíat any time
- 同时tóngshíat the same time
- 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
Learn 时常 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 164: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.