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  <p>Both&#160;<span class="hanzi">常常</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">chángcháng</span>) and&#160;<span class="hanzi">经常</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">jīngcháng</span>) express similar concepts, though using them properly requires attention to some small details.</p>

  <h2 id="both-are-used-as-adverbs-expressing-frequency">Both are used as adverbs expressing frequency</h2>

  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">常常</span>&#160;and&#160;<span class="hanzi">经常</span>&#160;both express that the action happened many times, and that the time between each time it happens is very short.</p>

  <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">常常</span>&#160;/&#160;<span class="hanzist">经常</span>&#160;+ Verb</div>
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  <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">奶奶 去世 以前，我 常常 去 看 她。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Before Grandma died, I often went to see her.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">以前， 我 经常 不 吃 早 饭。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Before, I often didn't eat breakfast.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="经常-can-also-be-used-to-describe-actions-in-the-future"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">经常</span>&#160;can also be used to describe actions in the future</h2>

  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">经常</span>&#160;can also be used in actions in the future. You cannot do this with&#160;<span class="hanzi">常常</span>.</p>

  <h3 id="structure-1">Structure</h3>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">经常</span>&#160;+ Verb</div>
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  <h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">你 以后 要 经常 做 运动。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Later, you are going to exercise often.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这个项目 做完 以后， 我 会 经常 陪 你。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Once this project is done, then I can go with you more often.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="经常-is-also-used-as-an-adjective"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">经常</span>&#160;is also used as an adjective</h2>

  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">经常</span>&#160;is not only a time adverb, it can also be an adjective. When using it as an adjective, place it before the noun or use it in combination with&#160;<span class="hanzi">性</span>&#160;to make it into&#160;<span class="hanzi">经常性</span>. You cannot do thing with&#160;<span class="hanzi">常常</span>.</p>

  <h3 id="structure-2">Structure</h3>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">经常</span>&#160;+ Noun</div>
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  <h3 id="examples-2">Examples</h3>

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    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">她 忘记 带 钥匙 是 经常 的 事情。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Her forgetting to bring a key is a frequent occurrence.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">接待 客户 对 我们 来 说 是经常 性 工作。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Greeting customers is a common job for us.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="negative-form-不常不经常">Negative form “<span class="hanzist">不常</span>”/“<span class="hanzist">不经常</span>”</h2>

  <p>The negative form of&#160;<span class="hanzi">经常</span>&#160;is&#160;<span class="hanzi">不经常</span>.&#160;<span class="hanzi">常常</span>&#160;is usually&#160;<span class="hanzi">不常</span>&#160;in it's negative form.</p>

  <h3 id="structure-3">Structure</h3>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">不</span>&#160;+&#160;<span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">经常</span></div>
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  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">不</span>&#160;+&#160;<span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">常</span></div>
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  <h3 id="examples-3">Examples</h3>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li>我 不 经常 看 电视。<span class="trans">I don't watch television very often.</span></li>

      <li>他 不 常 来 我 家。<span class="trans">He doesn't come to my house very often.</span></li>

      <li>我 不 常 在家 做饭。<span class="trans">I don't cook very often at home.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="examples-of-right-and-wrong-sentences">Examples of right and wrong sentences</h2>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li>你 以后 要 常常 做 运动。<span class="vert">"常常" can't be used in the future.</span></li>

      <li>你 以后 要 经常 做 运动。<span class="trans">Later, you are going to exercise often.</span></li>

      <li>这 是 常常 的 事。<span class="vert">"常常" can not be an adjective.</span></li>

      <li>这 是 经常 的 事。<span class="trans">This is a common event.</span></li>
    </ul>
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  <h2 id="example-dialog">Example dialog</h2>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li>A: 你 以前经常 不 吃 早 饭 吗？<span class="trans">You didn't often eat breakfast before?</span></li>

      <li>B: 对，我 常常 睡 到 中午 十二点。<span class="trans">Right, I often slept until noon.</span></li>

      <li>A: 不 经常 吃 早 饭 不 是 个 好 习惯。<span class="trans">Not eating breakfast often isn't a good habit.</span></li>

      <li>B: 我 知道。我 决定 以后 经常 吃 早饭。<span class="trans">I know. I decided I'm going to eat breakfast often from now on.</span></li>
    </ul>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See Also</h2>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="websites">Websites</h3>

  <p><a href="http://www.academia.edu/2280709/2012_-_The_two_types_of_verbal_plurality_the_case_of_jingchang_usually_and_changchang_often"> The two types of verbal plurality: the case of jingchang (經 常) ‘usually’ and changchang (常常) ‘often’</a></p>

  <p><a href="Category:grammar_comparison" title="wikilink">Category:grammar comparison</a></p>
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