COMMON 常見
EXISTING IN MANY THINGS OR PLACES.
Words
常 cháng OC: djaŋ MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 10 AttributionsWD
Cháng 常 (ant. guài 怪 "extraordinary") refers to what is regularly met and not unexpected.
- Word relations
- Epithet: 非/NOT
- Contrast: 俗/VULGAR
The most general current word for ordinariness or vulgarity is sú 俗 (ant. yǎ 雅 "elegant"), and the basic parameter of judging something as sú 俗is relative status in the hierarchy. - Contrast: 庸/ORDINARY
Yōng 庸 (ant. tè 特 "of special distinction") refers to what is regularly met and not unexpected, and the word focusses on that this does not distinguish itself through any positive features.
- Syntactic words
- v[adN]ordinary things; regular patternsLZ
- v[adN]nonreferentialthose who are ordinary
- vadNordinary, not beyond the expected, commonplace, normal
- vadVconstantly, ordinarily
- vibe ordinary
平常 píng cháng OC: breŋ djaŋ MC: bɣaŋ dʑi̯ɐŋ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPipositivebe ordinary; act in an ordinary way (one of the key terms and features of the enlightened person in the 臨濟錄)
俗 sú 1 AttributionWD
- Word relations
- Epithet: 學/STUDY
The dominant word is xué 學 (ant. jiào 教 "train teach")which refers primarily to studying or training under another person, and secondarily to the learning by heart texts. Very often, the word retains a tinge of immitation.
- Syntactic words
- v[adN]a common, ordinary thingLZ
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