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普通

pǔ tōng

2-character word

What 普通 means

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

The characters in 普通

• 普pǔgeneral; popular; everywhere
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

Example sentences

• 你会讲普通话吗？
  Can you speak Mandarin?
• 您会讲普通话吗？
  Can you speak Mandarin?
• 那个名字很普通吗？
  Is that a common name?
• 我明年想学普通话。
  I want to learn Chinese next year.
• 他不是个普通的学生。
  Tā bù shì ge pǔtōng de xuésheng.
  He is no ordinary student.
• 标准汉语又称普通话。
  Standard Chinese is also called Mandarin.

Words starting with 普通

• 普通话pǔ tōng huàPutonghua; standard Mandarin
• 普通人pǔ tōng rénordinary person; private citizen; people
• 普通股pǔ tōng gǔcommon stock
• 普通法pǔ tōng fǎcommon law
• 普通车pǔ tōng chēlocal train; ordinary vehicle
• 普通中学pǔ tōng zhōng xuégeneral middle school
• 普通教育pǔ tōng jiào yùgeneral education
• 普通高中pǔ tōng gāo zhōnggeneral academic senior high school (as opposed to vocational high schools)
• 普通民众pǔ tōng mín zhòngordinary people; the masses
• 普通名词pǔ tōng míng cícommon noun (grammar)
• 普通角闪石pǔ tōng jiǎo shǎn shíhornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
• 普通潜鸟pǔ tōng qián niǎo(bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer)
• 普通赤杨pǔ tōng chì yángalder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
• 普通夜鹰pǔ tōng yè yīng(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
• 普通翠鸟pǔ tōng cuì niǎo(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
• 普通朱雀pǔ tōng zhū què(bird species of China) common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
• 普通楼燕pǔ tōng lóu yàn(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
• 普通秋沙鸭pǔ tōng qiū shā yā(bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser)
• 普通海鸥pǔ tōng hǎi ōu(bird species of China) common gull (Larus canus)
• 普通燕鸥pǔ tōng yàn ōu(bird species of China) common tern (Sterna hirundo)
• 普通鹰鹃pǔ tōng yīng juān(bird species of China) common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)
• 普通秧鸡pǔ tōng yāng jī(bird species of China) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus)
• 普通鸬鹚pǔ tōng lú cí(bird species of China) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
• 普通燕鸻pǔ tōng yàn héng(bird species of China) oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)

Words containing 普通

• 塑料普通话sù liào pǔ tōng huà(colloquial) bad or awkward Mandarin…