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往常

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

Adverb

往常

(Advanced Mandarin) in the past; previously

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wǎngcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ soeng⁴
Min Nan (POJ): óng-siông / óng-siâng / éng-siâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎngcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangchangr
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁵ soeng⁴
  - Yale: wóhng sèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ soeng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ sœːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-siông
  - Tâi-lô: óng-siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofngsioong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-siâng
  - Tâi-lô: óng-siâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofngsiaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-siâng
  - Tâi-lô: íng-siâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: efngsiaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ²³/