普
通

Common in Chinese: 普通 (pǔ tōng)

pǔ tōng

common

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1common
  2. 2ordinary
  3. 3general
  4. 4average

Stroke order

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普
通

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄨˇ

pǔ

ㄆ/ pㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄊㄨㄥ

tōng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Example sentences

See 普通 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我只是一个普通的学生。

    wǒ zhǐ shì yí gè pǔ tōng de xué shēng。

    I'm just an ordinary student.

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Related words

通

tōng

to go through

交通

jiāo tōng

to be connected

普遍

pǔ biàn

universal

通过

tōng guò

to pass through

通知

tōng zhī

to notify

沟通

gōu tōng

to join

通常

tōng cháng

regular

通讯

tōng xùn

communications

普及

pǔ jí

to spread extensively

通信

tōng xìn

to correspond (by letter etc)

流通

liú tōng

to circulate

通用

tōng yòng

to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)

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