常在 [－－]

Jyutping soeng4 zoi6
Pinyin cháng zài

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to exist always
  2. noun, historical
    first-class female attendant during the Qing dynasty
  3. adv, Hokkien
    often; frequently
    (syn.) 練常, 不時, 四常, 長在, 時時, 成日, 常常, 長透, 沓沓, 常在, 扯常, 清清, 周時, 老長 rare, 不期時, 常樁, 長常 rare, 輒常, 常, 三不時, 遇時, 登常, 每每, 長間, 常時, 盡稠, 周不時, 恬恬, 經常, 輒, 帶常, 隨時, 長日, 長時, 打常, 時常, 老老, 常勻, 常期, 輒輒, 稠稠, 定定, 扯常子, 稠, 長時 rare, 捷捷, 往往, 惦惦, 千常, 長長
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    父亲常常在空闲时间读侦探小说。
    父親常常在空閒時間讀偵探小説。
    fù qīn cháng cháng zài kòng xián shí jiān dú zhēn tàn xiǎo shuō 。
    • Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.
  2. Mandarin
    我通常在晚上洗澡。
    我通常在晚上洗澡。
    wǒ tōng cháng zài wǎn shang xǐ zǎo 。
    • I usually take a shower in the evening.
    • I usually shower at night.
  3. Mandarin
    我们过去常在公园玩。
    我們過去常在公園玩。
    wǒ men guò qù cháng zài gōng yuán wán 。
    • We used to play in the park.
  4. Mandarin
    访客通常在进入一户日本人家之前会被要求脱鞋。
    訪客通常在進入一户日本人家之前會被要求脱鞋。
    fǎng kè tōng cháng zài jìn rù yī hù rì běn rén jiā zhī qián huì bèi yāo qiú tuō xié 。
    • Visitors are usually asked to remove their shoes before they enter a Japanese house.
    • At the entrance of a Japanese house, visitors are generally asked to take off their shoes.
  5. Mandarin
    我们通常在这房间睡。
    我們通常在這房間睡。
    wǒ men tōng cháng zài zhè fáng jiān shuì 。
    • We usually sleep in this room.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    友谊常在你我心里。
    友誼常在你我心裏。
    jau5 ji4 soeng4 zoi6 nei5 ngo5 sam1 leoi2.
    • Friendship is always in our hearts.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    奥运田径决赛通常在下午或晚上进行，而这将是继1988年汉城奥运会之后，首次有如此多的田径决赛在上午进行。
    奧運田徑決賽通常在下午或晚上進行，而這將是繼1988年漢城奧運會之後，首次有如此多的田徑決賽在上午進行。
    ào yùn tián jìng jué sài tōng cháng zài xià wǔ huò wǎn shàng jìn xíng ， ér zhè jiāng shì jì １９８８ nián hàn chéng ào yùn huì zhī hòu ， shǒu cì yǒu rú cǐ duō de tián jìng jué sài zài shàng wǔ jìn xíng ．
    • Olympic track and field finals are usually held in the afternoon or evening. This will be the first time since the 1988 Seoul Olympics that so many track and field finals are held in the morning.
  2. Mandarin
    他们常在地里一块儿干活，一来二去地也就熟了。
    他們常在地裏一塊兒幹活，一來二去地也就熟了。
    tā men cháng zài dì li yī kuài r5 gàn huó ， yī lái èr qù de yě jiù shú le ．
    • As they often work together in the fields, they have got to know each other quite well.
  3. Mandarin
    荷马时代希腊的“议事会”，惯常在主要的巴西琉斯的宫廷举行，在食桌上讨论王所提出的问题。
    荷馬時代希臘的“議事會”，慣常在主要的巴西琉斯的宮廷舉行，在食桌上討論王所提出的問題。
    hé mǎ shí dài xī là de “ yì shì huì ” ， guàn cháng zài zhǔ yào de bā xī liú sī de gōng tíng jǔ xíng ， zài shí zhuō shàng tǎo lùn wáng suǒ tí chū de wèn tí ．
    • In Homeric Greece, councils used to be held in the court of a major basileus, where the king's questions were deliberated at the dining table.