Ordinary people in Chinese: 老百姓 (lǎo bǎi xìng)
lǎo bǎi xìng
ordinary people
Definitions
- 1ordinary people
- 2the "person in the street"
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Zhuyin
This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.
ㄌㄠˇ
lǎo
ㄅㄞˇ
bǎi
ㄒㄧㄥˋ
xìng
Example sentences
See 老百姓 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.
许多老百姓加入了军队。
xǔ duō lǎo bǎi xìng jiā rù le jūn duì。
A great number of citizens went into the army.
自古至今，容忍的总是老百姓，被容忍的总是统治者。
zì gǔ zhì jīn， róng rěn de zǒng shì lǎo bǎi xìng， bèi róng rěn de zǒng shì tǒng zhì zhě。
Since ancient times, it has always been the commoners who tolerate their ruler.
Related words
百
bǎi
hundred
姓
xìng
family name
老
lǎo
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
老师
lǎo shī
teacher
老虎
lǎo hǔ
tiger
古老
gǔ lǎo
ancient
老板
lǎo bǎn
boss
老实
lǎo shi
honest
老鼠
lǎo shǔ
rat
老人
lǎo rén
old man or woman
老年
lǎo nián
elderly
老是
lǎo shi
always
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