Normal in Chinese
normal · HSK 4
正常
- 正 straight
- 常 often
他的体温很正常。 His temperature is normal.
Other ways to say normal
More words with 正 or 常
How do you say normal in Chinese?
Normal in Chinese is 正常 (zhèng cháng). You can also say 通常 (tōng 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.