常川

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (常川)		常	川

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ cyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángchuan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: cháng-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngchuan
    • Palladius: чанчуань (čančuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ cyun¹
    • Yale: sèuhng chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Adverb

常川

1. (literary) frequently; continuously
2. (literary) usually; regularly

Synonyms

• (frequently): 長川／长川 (chángchuān)
• (usually): 長川／长川 (chángchuān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (常川):

• → Vietnamese: thường xuyên (常川)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
常	川

Adjective

常川

1. chữ Hán form of thường xuyên (“regular, constant”).