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习以为常

xíyǐwéicháng

accustomed to

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

accustomed to

02

used to

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 习以为常 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 习以为常 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

士兵们对危险习以为常。shì bīng men duì wēi xiǎn xí yǐ wéi cháng。

Soldiers are used to danger.

为了少数人而改变多数人习以为常的事物是一种愚蠢的做法。wèi le shǎo shù rén ér gǎi biàn duō shù rén xí yǐ wéi cháng de shì wù shì yī zhǒng yú chǔn de zuò fǎ。

It is ridiculous to change what the majority are accustomed to just for the sake of a small number of people.

广东每年夏季台风频繁,沿海居民早已习以为常。guǎng dōng měi nián xià jì tái fēng pín fán, yán hǎi jū mín zǎo yǐ xí yǐ wéi cháng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 习以为常.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 习以为常.

Directly before

  • 危险习以为常1
  • 早已习以为常1
  • 人习以为常1

Directly after

  • 习以为常的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 习以为常

What does 习以为常 mean in Chinese?

习以为常 (xíyǐwéicháng) means accustomed to.

How do you pronounce 习以为常?

习以为常 is pronounced xíyǐwéicháng.

Is 习以为常 an HSK word?

习以为常 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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