往常

Chinese

		toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
simp. and trad. (往常)		往	常

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ soeng⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óng-siông / óng-siâng / éng-siâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngcháng
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-chʻang²
    • Yale: wǎng-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangcharng
    • Palladius: ванчан (vančan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁵ soeng⁴
    • Yale: wóhng sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ sœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-siông
    • Tâi-lô: óng-siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofngsioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-siâng
    • Tâi-lô: óng-siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofngsiaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-siâng
    • Tâi-lô: íng-siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efngsiaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ²³/

Noun

往常

1. the past; former times

Synonyms

• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
• 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往前 (wǎngqián)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
• 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
• 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年／当年
• 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)