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What is the difference between 平時 and 通常 and 一般 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 平時 and 通常 and 一般 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
平時 and 通常 are the same, it means 평소
eg. 你通常鍾意做啲咩?→ What do you do in daily life?
eg. 我平時鍾意做運動。 → I love doing exercises in daily life.
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一般 means in general/별로/보통
eg. 一般嚟講...→ In general...
eg. 依個一般咋喎→이거 별로 는데
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
平時 use with things that are not supposed to change
呢份工作平時有啲咩要做?
What are the job duties (in general)?
你平時會唔會睇新聞/食早餐?
Do you read news/ eat breakfast? (routine)
(米線)你平時食幾辣?
(ordering rice noodle)What level of spiciness would you order usually? (preference)
通常 use with habits or options, may not stay the same every time, less sure than 平時
你通常會睇樣先定係性格先?
Usually, would you look for the face first? Or the personality first? (option)
30分鐘內你通常打到幾多隻字?
How many words could you type within 30 minutes usually? (ability)
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A: "你平時幾點放工?"
B: "我6點放工但通常6:30走"
A: When do you get off work? (expecting B leave at that time every day)
B: I get off work at 6 but usually leave at 6:30. ( usually leave at 6:30 but not always 6:30)
一般 same as generally, very close to fact
校花一般都係女仔,但係今年嘅校花係個男仔
The campus belle is usually a girl, but this year the campus belle is a boy👧🚹
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