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普通
pǔtōng
1.
common
2.
ordinary
3.
general
4.
average
Very Common • Top 2%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (20)
普通人
pǔtōngrén
ordinary person
普通法
pǔtōngfǎ
common law
普通股
pǔtōnggǔ
common stock
普通话
pǔtōnghuà
Mandarin (common language)
普通车
pǔtōngchē
local train
普通䴓
pǔtōngshī
(Chinese bird species) Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
普通鵟
pǔtōngkuáng
(Chinese bird species) eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
普普通通
pǔpǔtōngtōng
ordinary
普通中学
pǔtōngzhōngxué
general middle school
普通名词
pǔtōngmíngcí
common noun (grammar)
普通问题
pǔtōngwèntí
common questions
普通夜鹰
pǔtōngyèyīng
(Chinese bird species) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
普通教育
pǔtōngjiàoyù
general education
普通朱雀
pǔtōngzhūquè
(Chinese bird species) common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
普通楼燕
pǔtōnglóuyàn
(Chinese bird species) common swift (Apus apus)
普通民众
pǔtōngmínzhòng
ordinary people
普通潜鸟
pǔtōngqiánniǎo
(Chinese bird species) common loon (Gavia immer)
普通燕鸻
pǔtōngyànhéng
(Chinese bird species) oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
普通燕鸥
pǔtōngyànōu
(Chinese bird species) common tern (Sterna hirundo)
普通秧鸡
pǔtōngyāngjī
(Chinese bird species) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus)
Example Sentences (2)
当然，我每天都要看书。无论是普通杂志，还是著名小说，只要打开它们，就会发现，世界上有那么多有意思的事情，有那么多不一样的生活。
Dāngrán, wǒ měitiān dōu yào kànshū. Wúlùn shì pǔtōng zázhì, háishì zhùmíng xiǎoshuō, zhǐyào dǎkāi tāmen, jiù huì fāxiàn, shìjiè shàng yǒu nàme duō yǒu yìsi de shìqíng, yǒu nàme duō bù yíyàng de shēnghuó.
Of course, I read every day. Whether it is ordinary magazines or famous novels, as long as you open them, you will discover that there are so many interesting things in the world and so many different kinds of lives.
Text 3
即使是很普通的事情，从他嘴里说出来也会变得很有意思。
Jíshǐ shì hěn pǔtōng de shìqíng, cóng tā zuǐ lǐ shuō chūlái yě huì biàn de hěn yǒu yìsi.
Even very ordinary things become very interesting when said by him.
Text 5
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