通常

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
simp. and trad. (通常)		通	常

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōngcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ soeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thûng-sòng
Min Nan (POJ): thong-siông / thong-siâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tōngcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥㄔㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongcharng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung¹ soeng⁴
  - Yale: tūng sèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ soeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ sêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sœ̽ːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûng-sòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung´ songˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung¹ song²
  - IPA: /tʰuŋ²⁴ soŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-siông
  - Tâi-lô: thong-siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tongsioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-siâng
  - Tâi-lô: thong-siâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tongsiaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaŋ¹³/

Adjective

通常

regular; usual; normal

Synonyms

平常 (píngcháng)
普通 (pǔtōng)
尋常／寻常 (xúncháng)
一般 (yībān)

Antonyms

奇特 (qítè)
特別／特别 (tèbié)
特殊 (tèshū)

Adverb

通常

usually; normally; generally; ordinarily

Japanese

Kanji in this term
通	常
つう Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) つうじょー [tsùújóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝːʑo̞ː]

Adjective

通常 (-na inflection, hiragana つうじょう, rōmaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

ordinary; conventional; normal

Usage notes

Although technically a na-type adjective, this is more commonly used as an adjective in compounds, such as those in the Derived terms section.

Derived terms

通常国会 (つうじょうこっかい, tsūjō kokkai): an ordinary session of the Diet / Parliament / Congress
通常選挙 (つうじょうせんきょ, tsūjō senkyo): an ordinary election
通常総会 (つうじょうそうかい, tsūjō sōkai): an ordinary shareholders meeting
通常兵器 (つうじょうへき, tsūjō heiki): conventional weapons
通常郵便物 (つうじょうゆうびんぶつ, tsūjō yūbinbutsu): regular mail (i.e. not packages)

Adverb

通常 (hiragana つうじょう, rōmaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

generally; usually; commonly

Noun

通常 (hiragana つうじょう, rōmaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

the usual (thing, etc.), the norm
- 1935, 平野憲正, 小林健児 (translation), Josef Baló, “濾過性病原体に因る疾病”, in 細菌學雜誌, number 475, DOI:10.14828/jsb1895.1935.702, page 705:
  
  種 (しゅ)痘 (とう)の際屡々 (さいしばしば)通 (つう)常 (じょう)とは異 (こと)なった反 (はん)応 (のう)が起 (おこ)る。
  Shutō no sai shibashiba tsūjō to wa kotonatta hannō ga okoru.
  In vaccination, reactions different from that under the usual [circumstances] will occur.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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