往常

往常 wǎngcháng in a sentence

In the past (use to - do formerly)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

往常 (wǎngcháng) means In the past (use to - do formerly). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

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他比 往常 回来得晚。

Tā bǐ wǎngcháng huílái de wǎn.

He came back later than usual.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 往常

往常 这个时候他早就到了。

Wǎngcháng zhège shíhou tā zǎo jiù dào le.

Ordinarily he would have arrived long before now.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 往常

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How is 往常 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 往常 (wǎngcháng, "In the past (use to - do formerly)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 往常 an HSK word?

Yes — 往常 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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