普
通
人

Ordinary person in Chinese: 普通人 (pǔ tōng rén)

pǔ tōng rén

ordinary person

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Definitions

  1. 1ordinary person
  2. 2private citizen
  3. 3people
  4. 4the person in the street

Stroke order

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普
通
人

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄨˇ

pǔ

ㄆ/ pㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄊㄨㄥ

tōng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他只是个普通人，没什么特别的。

    tā zhǐ shì gè pǔ tōng rén， méi shén me tè bié de。

    He's just an ordinary person, nothing special.

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Related words

人

rén

person

通

tōng

to go through

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

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

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

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