非常

Chinese

 
(be) not; wrong; blame
(be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
 
always; ever; often
always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
trad. (非常) 非 常
simp. #(非常) 非 常

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 非 常
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 微 (21) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 甫微切 市羊切
Baxter pjw+j dzyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʉi/ /d͡ʑɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʷɨi/ /d͡ʑiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuəi/ /d͡ʑiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puj/ /d͡ʑɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/piuəi/ /ʑiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/pĭwəi/ /ʑĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pwe̯i/ /ʑi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fēi cháng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fei1 soeng4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 非 常
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fēi cháng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjɨj › ‹ dzyang ›
Old
Chinese
/*pəj/ /*[d]aŋ/
English is not constant

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 非 常
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3076 11152
Phonetic
component
非 尚
Rime
group
微 陽
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
猆 常
Old
Chinese
/*pɯl/ /*djaŋ/

Adverb

非常

  1. extremely; very; highly
    非常感謝/非常感谢  ―  fēicháng gǎnxiè  ―  to be extremely grateful; thank you very much
    非常努力地工作  ―  fēicháng nǔlì de gōngzuò  ―  to work extremely hard
    他在信中的用詞非常犀利。 [MSC, trad.]
    他在信中的用词非常犀利。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zài xìn zhōng de yòngcí fēicháng xīlì. [Pinyin]
    His wording in the letter is very sharp.
    他是有文化的人,說的話非常好聽。 [MSC, trad.]
    他是有文化的人,说的话非常好听。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì yǒu wénhuà de rén, shuō de huà fēicháng hǎotīng. [Pinyin]
    He's well-educated, and speaks very smoothly.
    他是一位胸懷十分豁達,並且意念非常堅強的領袖。 [MSC, trad.]
    他是一位胸怀十分豁达,并且意念非常坚强的领袖。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì yī wèi xiōnghuái shífēn huòdá, bìngqiě yìniàn fēicháng jiānqiáng de lǐngxiù. [Pinyin]
    He's a very broad-minded and strong-willed leader.

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

非常

  1. (formal) unusual; special; not the run of the mill; extraordinary; exceptional

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (非常):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
非 常
ひ
Grade: 5
じょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Adjective

非(ひ)常(じょう) • (hijō) -na (adnominal 非(ひ)常(じょう)な (hijō na), adverbial 非(ひ)常(じょう)に (hijō ni))

  1. extraordinary, unusual

Inflection

Noun

非(ひ)常(じょう) • (hijō) 

  1. emergency

Derived terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
非常

Noun

非常 • (bisang) (hangeul 비상)

  1. Hanja form? of 비상 (“emergency”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
非常

Adjective

非常

  1. chữ Hán form of phi thường (“extraordinary”).
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