普通 (pou2 tung1 | pu3 tong1) : ordinary; general

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普通

pou2 tung1

pu3 tong1

ordinary; general; average; standard; common

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 12,300,000

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

普通

This word has been viewed 3493 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 5th Aug 2004 07:59 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

普 pou2 - universal, general
通 tung1 - through; notify; general; know

14 compounds containing this word:

普通話 - putonghua
普通人 - the average person, the everyman
普通位 - economy class
不普通 - uncommon
普通問題 - common questions; general questions
普通老百姓 - common people; average people; hoi polloi
普通朋友 - a common friend, a regular friend
普通級 - common grade
普通知識 - [n] common knowledge
普通教育文憑 - General Certificate of Education (GCE)
普通水 - light water
國家普通話水平考試 - National Proficiency Test of Putonghua
澳洲綜合普通指數 - Australia All Ordinaries Index
Common Formations:
普通教育 - [n] general education

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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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