Read Edit View history 無常 wúcháng changeable Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 无常 無常 wúcháng changeable adjective variable; fickle; inconstant; not having a regular pattern impermanent the Buddhist concept of impermanence, meaning things are constantly arising and passing away to pass away to die; used as a polite or literary way to refer to death Messenger of Death a ghost or deity sent from the underworld to collect the souls of the dying Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 2.24 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 3.64 per million Cross-References Referenced by 走无常 zǒuwúcháng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
无常 無常 wúcháng changeable adjective variable; fickle; inconstant; not having a regular pattern impermanent the Buddhist concept of impermanence, meaning things are constantly arising and passing away to pass away to die; used as a polite or literary way to refer to death Messenger of Death a ghost or deity sent from the underworld to collect the souls of the dying Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 2.24 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 3.64 per million Cross-References Referenced by 走无常 zǒuwúcháng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)