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(tōng cháng) - usually, normally, generally in Mandarin

tōngcháng

Traditional: 通常

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Translation

usually, normally, generally

Word origin

A compound of 通 (tōng, throughout or general) and 常 (cháng, ordinary or constant). What holds generally and ordinarily, that is usually.

Origin
compound
Root
通 (tōng, general) + 常 (cháng, ordinary)

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Examples

I usually get up at seven.

He normally walks to work.

At weekends we are usually at home.

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This flower usually blooms in spring.

Under normal circumstances, he is not late.

通常 (tōng cháng) means usually, normally or generally. It describes what happens in the ordinary run of things.

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This word is part of lesson 26.