Common in Chinese
common · HSK 3
常见
- 常 often
- 见 to see
感冒是一种很常见的病。 A cold is a very common illness.
Other ways to say common
More words with 常 or 见
How do you say common in Chinese?
Common in Chinese is 常见 (cháng jiàn). You can also say 共 (gòng), 公共 (gōng gòng), 共同 (gòng tóng), 平常 (píng cháng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.