# 往常 (wǎngcháng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 往常 (wǎngcháng) means “usual; as usual”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: usual; as usual
- Pinyin: wǎngcháng (wang3 chang2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他今天比往常早起了半个小时。
  Tā jīntiān bǐ wǎngcháng zǎo qǐle bàn ge xiǎoshí.
  He got up half an hour earlier today than usual.

## Characters

- [往](https://hanziro.com/word/wang-towards/) (wǎng): towards; to
- [常](https://hanziro.com/word/chang-often/) (cháng): often; frequently

https://hanziro.com/word/wang-chang-usual/

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