凡

Ordinary in Chinese: 凡 (fán)

fán

ordinary

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1ordinary
  2. 2commonplace
  3. 3mundane
  4. 4temporal
  5. 5of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels)
  6. 6every
  7. 7all
  8. 8whatever
  9. 9altogether
  10. 10gist
  11. 11outline
  12. 12note of Chinese musical scale

Stroke order

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凡

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄈㄢˊ

fán

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 在他眼里，我们都只是凡人。

    zài tā yǎn lǐ， wǒ men dōu zhǐ shì fán rén。

    In his eyes, we're all just ordinary mortals.

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Related words

凡是

fán shì

each and every

平凡

píng fán

commonplace

非凡

fēi fán

out of the ordinary

烦闷

fán mèn

moody

烦躁

fán zào

jittery

繁华

fán huá

flourishing

繁忙

fán máng

busy

繁体字

fán tǐ zì

traditional Chinese character

繁重

fán zhòng

heavy

反驳

fǎn bó

to retort

反差

fǎn chā

contrast

反常

fǎn cháng

unusual

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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