常在
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Chinese[edit]
always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant |
(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing | ||
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simp. and trad. (常在) |
常 | 在 | |
alternative forms | 長在/长在 Hokkien 常哉 Hokkien |
Etymology[edit]
- "(Hokkien) often"
- The first character has an irregular pronunciation in this word. The Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary (1932) considers it to be borrowed from Mandarin. Along with John Macgowan's "English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect" (1883), they both interpret chhiâng-chāi as "constantly present", but modern dictionaries, such as 《台灣話大詞典》, assign siông-chāi to that sense.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
常在
- to exist always; to be constantly present
Noun[edit]
常在
- (historical) first-class female attendant during the Qing dynasty
Adverb[edit]
常在
- (Zhangping and Taiwanese Hokkien) often; frequently; usually
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “常在”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- Macgowan, John (1883) “Present”, in English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect, Amoy & London: A. A. Marcal and Trubner & Co. 57 Ludgate Hill, page 397
- 《台灣話大詞典》 (Tâi-ôan-ōe tōa-sû-tián), Taipei, 2002 →ISBN
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