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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pǔ | pu3
English translation
general
popular
everywhere
universal
widespread, universal, general

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adverbial adjective / 副形词 Fùxíng cí

Learning hint

Everyone bìng under the sun 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

並日

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and bìng represents the sound.

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作为 zuòwéi 计时器 jì shí qì , lòu de 使用 shǐyòng 日晷 rì guǐ Shǐ wéi 普遍 pǔbiàn .

Many ancient Chinese men of letters left behind beautiful verses about the clepsydra.

计算机 jì suàn jī xiàn 普及 pǔjí --公司 gōngsī jiāng 使用 shǐyòng .

Computers are everywhere now our firm is switching over soon.

yòng 普通 pǔ tōng yóu 还是 háishi 黄油 huáng yóu lái chǎo 洋葱 yáng cōng ne ?

Shall I use oil or butter for frying the onions?

菲利浦 biē zhù 大笑 dà xiào 起来 qǐlai , 可是 kěshì 普赖斯小姐 xiǎojie de liǎn què le .

Philip was obliged to laugh, but Miss Price grew darkly red with anger.

何时 hé shí 这些 zhè xiē 阶级 jiē jí xiù 上去 shàng qù de , 中士?

When did you sew on these chevrons, Sergeant Lipton?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
普通 pǔ tōng common普通 pǔ tōng
普遍 pǔbiàn universal普遍 pǔbiàn
general
普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person普通人 pǔ tōng rén
普及 pǔjí to generalize普及 pǔjí
辛普森 Xīn pǔ sēn Simpson (name)辛普森 Xīn pǔ sēn
普通话 pǔtōnghuà Mandarin (common language)普通話
普京 Pǔ jīng Vladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia普京 Pǔ jīng
吉普 Jí pǔ Jeep (car brand)吉普 Jí pǔ
科普 kē pǔ popular science科普 kē pǔ
惠普 Huì Pǔ Hewlett-Packard惠普 Huì Pǔ
普查 pǔ chá census普查 pǔ chá
普林斯顿 Pǔ lín sī dùn Princeton, New Jersey普林斯頓
夏普 Xià pǔ Sharp Corporation夏普 Xià pǔ
吉普车 jí pǔ chē jeep (military vehicle) (loanword)吉普車
多普勒 Duō pǔ lè Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect多普勒 Duō pǔ lè
汤普森 Tāng pǔ sēn Thompson (name)湯普森
普遍性 pǔ biàn xìng ubiquity普遍性 pǔ biàn xìng
普普通通 pǔ pǔ tōng tōng ordinary普普通通 pǔ pǔ tōng tōng

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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