| 常 | cháng | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant; surname Chang |
| 常常 | cháng cháng | frequently; usually; often |
| 常见 | cháng jiàn | commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently |
| 常数 | cháng shù | a constant (math.) |
| 常务 | cháng wù | routine; everyday business; daily operation (of a company) |
| 常年 | cháng nián | all year round; for years on end; average year |
| 常识 | cháng shí | common sense; general knowledge; CL:门 |
| 常规 | cháng guī | conventional (weapons); conventional; common; routine |
| 常温 | cháng wēn | room temperature; ordinary temperatures |
| 常任 | cháng rèn | permanent |
| 常州 | Cháng zhōu | Changzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 常驻 | cháng zhù | resident; permanent (representative) |
| 常德 | Cháng dé | Changde prefecture level city in Hunan |
| 常态 | cháng tài | normal state |
| 常人 | cháng rén | ordinary person |
| 常规武器 | cháng guī wǔ qì | conventional weapon |
| 常言 | cháng yán | common saying |
| 常青 | cháng qīng | ever-green |
| 常委 | cháng wěi | member of standing committee |
| 常情 | cháng qíng | reason; sense |
| 常用 | cháng yòng | in common usage |
| 常任理事国 | cháng rèn lǐ shì guó | permanent member state (of UN Security Council) |
| 常住 | cháng zhù | long term resident; permanent residence; eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda) |
| 常住论 | cháng zhù lùn | eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda) |
| 常俸 | cháng fèng | fixed salary of an official |
| 常务委员会 | cháng wù wěi yuán huì | standing committee (e.g. of National People's Congress) |
| 常务理事 | cháng wù lǐ shì | permanent member of council |
| 常胜军 | cháng shèng jūn | Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels |
| 常问问题 | cháng wèn wèn tí | frequently asked questions; FAQ |
| 常坐汽车者 | cháng zuò qì chē zhě | motorist |
| 常委会 | cháng wěi huì | standing committee |
| 常客 | cháng kè | frequent visitor; fig. sth that crops up frequently |
| 常宁 | Cháng níng | Changning county level city in Hengyang 衡阳, Hunan |
| 常宁市 | Cháng níng shì | Changning county level city in Hengyang 衡阳, Hunan |
| 常山 | Cháng shān | Changshan county in Quzhou 衢州, Zhejiang |
| 常山县 | Cháng shān xiàn | Changshan county in Quzhou 衢州, Zhejiang |
| 常州市 | Cháng zhōu shì | Changzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 常微分方程 | cháng wēi fēn fāng chéng | ordinary differential equation (ODE) |
| 常德地区 | Cháng dé dì qū | Changde prefecture in Hunan |
| 常德市 | Cháng dé shì | Changde prefecture level city in Hunan |
| 常态分布 | cháng tài fēn bù | normal distribution (in statistics) |
| 常态化 | cháng tài huà | normalization of relations |
| 常春藤 | cháng chūn téng | ivy |
| 常时 | cháng shí | frequently; often; usually; regularly |
| 常染色体 | cháng rǎn sè tǐ | autosomal chromosome; autosome; autosomal |
| 常熟 | Cháng shú | Changshu county level city in Suzhou 苏州, Jiangsu |
| 常熟市 | Cháng shóu shì | Changshou county level city in Suzhou 苏州, Jiangsu |
| 常理 | cháng lǐ | common sense; conventional reasoning and morals |
| 常用品 | cháng yòng pǐn | everyday implement; object of everyday use |
| 常用字 | cháng yòng zì | everyday words |
