無常

wú cháng

B2 Level 6

無常 (wú cháng) is a Chinese word meaning “variable”. It sits at TOCFL Level 6 (CEFR B2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. variable
  2. changeable
  3. fickle
  4. impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya)
  5. ghost taking away the soul after death
  6. to pass away
  7. to die

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).