HSK 3.0	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng
1	不大	不大	bùdà	not very/too, not often
1	常常	常常	chángcháng	oftentimes, ofttimes, commonly, ordinarily, oft, often, a great deal, normally, frequently, unremarkably, much, usually
1	常	常	cháng	often, usually, frequently
2	經常	经常	jīngcháng	everyday, daily, alway, often, a great deal, frequently, sempre, much, regularly, constantly, evermore, day-to-day
3	通常	通常	tōngcháng	normal, commonly, customarily, more often than not, general, usual, on average, as a rule, ordinarily, mostly, as usual, typically, generally, normally, by and large, unremarkably, on the average, usually
3	往往	往往	wǎngwǎng	oftentimes, ofttimes, always, more often than not, frequently, oft, often
5	不時	不时	bùshí	betweentimes, every so often, frequently, somewhile, at any time, every now and then, often
5	成語	成语	chéngyǔ	Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation, idiom, proverb, saying, adage, CL:條\|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
5	虧	亏	kuī	deficiency, deficit, luckily, it's lucky that..., (often ironically) fancy that...
5	偶爾	偶尔	ǒuěr	once in a blue moon, from time to time, hardly ever, every so often, now and again, seldom, infrequently, on occasion, rarely, betweenwhiles, scarcely, unusually, occasionally, sporadically, every now and then, at times, now and then, once in a while
5	頻繁	频繁	pínfán	frequent, often
5	時常	时常	shícháng	now_and_again, always, frequently, from_time_to_time, somewhile, oft, often
6	次數	次数	cìshù	number of times, frequancy, frequency, absolute frequency, legal case, oftenness, lawsuit, time, frequence
6	時時	时时	shíshí	always, constantly, often
7	寶庫	宝库	bǎokù	treasure-house, treasury, treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom)
7	慈祥	慈祥	cíxiáng	kindly, benevolent (often of older person)
7	後顧之憂	后顾之忧	hòugùzhīyōu	fears of trouble in the rear (idiom), family worries (obstructing freedom of action), worries about the future consequences, often in negative expressions, meaning 'no worries about anything'
7	掃除	扫除	sǎochú	to sweep, to clean with a brush, to sweep away (often fig.)
7	相提並論	相提并论	xiāngtí-bìnglùn	to discuss two disparate things together (idiom), to mention on equal terms, to place on a par with, (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
7	遜色	逊色	xùnsè	inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色\|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)
7	抑制	抑制	yìzhì	forbear, chasten, last out, govern, forebear, help, baste, cumber, rein, hamshackle, damp, disable, harness, restrain, muffle, stay, rule, hold in, bottle_up, throttle, constrain, retard, moderate, cork, swallow, hold, mortify, smother, rebuke, withhold, refrain, soften, control, break, curb, oppress, inhibit, ride out, coerce, dominate, bridle, constrict, choke, inhibition, dampen, restraint

CORE WORDS

often adv.