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Universal in Chinese: 普遍 (pǔ biàn)

pǔ biàn

universal

HSK 3.0 Level 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1universal
  2. 2general
  3. 3widespread
  4. 4common

Stroke order

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普
遍

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ㄆㄨˇ

pǔ

ㄆ/ pㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄅㄧㄢˋ

biàn

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 日本人普遍很内敛。

    rì běn rén pǔ biàn hěn nèi liǎn。

    Japanese people are generally very reserved.

  • 地震后人们普遍觉得恐慌。

    dì zhèn hòu rén men pǔ biàn jué de kǒng huāng。

    There was widespread panic after the earthquake.

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Related words

遍

biàn

everywhere

普通

pǔ tōng

common

普及

pǔ jí

to spread extensively

遍地

biàn dì

everywhere

遍布

biàn bù

to cover the whole (area)

吉普

jí pǔ

Jeep (car brand)

科普

kē pǔ

(attributive) popular science

普通话

pǔ tōng huà

Mandarin (common language)

普通人

pǔ tōng rén

ordinary person

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