普 (pou2 | pu3) : universal, general

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普

pou2

pu3

universal; general; widespread; everywhere; common; all

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

普

This word has been viewed 9348 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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唐納德川普 tong4 / naap6 / dak1 / cyun1 / pou2 tang2 / na4 / de2 / chuan1 / pu3 = Donald Trump, US billionare businessman

川普 cyun1 / pou2 chuan1 / pu3 = Donald Trump, US billionare businessman

特朗普 dak6 long5 pou2 te4 lang3 pu3 = Trump

普及 pou2 kap6 pu3 ji2 = to popularize, universal, available to all

普遍 pou2 pin3 pu3 bian4 = normal; common

普通 pou2 tung1 pu3 tong1 = ordinary; general

普通話 pou2 tung1 waa6*2 pu3 tong1 hua4 = putonghua

吉普車 gat1 pou2 ce1 ji2 pu3 che1 = jeep

辛普森一家 san1 pou2 sam1 jat1 gaa1 xin1 pu3 sen1 yi1 jia1 = "The Simpsons"

普通人 pou2 tung1 jan4 = the average person, the everyman
See all 55 compounds (CantoDict reports 53 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 3 examples containing 普

我能說一點普通話國
I can speak a little bit of Mandarin.

我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽粵
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.
[Lit. I feel Putonghua [possessive particle] erhua very terrible-listen]

見到你頭先嘅樣，我諗你已經知道咗呢本唔係普通嘅筆記啦粵
Based on your expression just now, I guess you already know that this isn't an ordinary notebook.
[Lit. see-arrive you just-not (possessive particle) expression, I think you already know-already, this (counter) isn't ordinary (possessive particle) notebook.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 普
Unicode code for this character: U+666e (off-site link)

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