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Chinese symbol for “ordinarily”

平时
píng shí
Traditional: 平時
ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ordinarily is 平时 (píng shí), defined as: ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

平 píng
flat, level, even; peaceful
radical 51 ⼲ · 5 strokes
时 shí
time, season; period, era, age
radical 72 ⽇ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ordinarily”

WordPinyinMeaning
平常píng chángordinary; common
按说 (按說)àn shuōin the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
平日píng rìordinary day; everyday
素常sù chángordinarily; usually
平素píng sùusually; habitually

Related words

Other words that share a character with 平时.

WordPinyinMeaning
平台 (平臺)píng táiplatform; terrace
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
平均píng jūnaverage; on average; evenly; in equal proportions
公平gōng píngfair; impartial
平等píng děngequal; equality
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
时候 (時候)shí houtime; length of time

See also: Japanese symbol for “ordinarily”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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