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老百姓

lǎo bǎi xìng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 3-character word Measure word 个

老百姓 (lǎo bǎi xìng) means "ordinary people". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 老百姓 means

1. ordinary people
2. the "person in the street"

The characters in 老百姓

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of
• 姓xìngfamily name; surname; to be surnamed ...

Example sentences

• 许多老百姓加入了军队。
  Xǔduō lǎobǎixìng jiārù le jūnduì.
  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。
  Zìgǔ zhìjīn, róngrěn de zǒngshì lǎobǎixìng, bèi róngrěn de zǒngshì tǒngzhìzhě.
  Since ancient times, it has always been the commoners who tolerate their ruler.
• 听那些只看CCAV的老百姓进行全球经济的个人分析一直是很有趣的。
  Tīng nàxiē zhǐ kàn CC A V de lǎobǎixìng jìnxíng quánqiú jīngjì de gèrén fēnxī yīzhí shì hěn yǒuqù de.
  Listening to the personal analysis about global economy made by people who watch only CCAV has always been kinda funny.

Words containing 老百姓

• 普通老百姓pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìngcommon people; average people; hoi polloi

Where 老百姓 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Government, Society & Leadership (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lǎo bǎi xìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.