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普通的
Traditional Chinese
普通的
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
pǔ tōng de
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
/(pou2 tung1 dik1 )
Short definition medial
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions run-of-the-millLDC icon / GeneralLDC icon / ecumenicLDC icon / workadayLDC icon / medialLDC icon / ecumenicalLDC icon /
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Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: General; ecumenic; ecumenical; medial; run-of-the-mill; workaday
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这个问题( zhè ge wèn tí) this problem
不能用(bùnéngyòng)
普通的( pǔ tōng de) medial
办法(bàn fǎ) method
解决(jiě jué) to dispatch

You cannot solve this problem in an ordinary way.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
是个(shìge)
普通的( pǔ tōng de) medial
青少年(qīng shào nián) teenager

Tom is a normal teenager.

可可(kě kě) cocoa (loanword)
不是(bú shì) is not
一只( yī zhǐ)
普通的( pǔ tōng de) medial
猩猩(xīng xīng) orangutan

Koko is not an ordinary gorilla.

轮到(lún dào) to take a turn
(wǒ) I
说话(shuō huà) word
(shí) when
我不( bù)
(jué) awake
(dìde) -ly
(bà) stem
标准(biāo zhǔn) norm
(hé) with
普通(pǔ tōng) common
(zhè) these
两个(liǎng ge)
(cí) word
混为一谈(hùn wéi yī tán) to muddle
后来又( hòu lái yòu) and then
(shuō) to scold
东北(dōng běi) northeast
(dedì) of
口音(kǒu yīn) voice
是最( shì zuì)
普通的( pǔ tōng de) medial

When it comes to my turn to speak, I confuse the words 'standard' and 'common',; and end up saying that the north-eastern accent is 'the most common'.

(wǒ) I
只是(zhǐ shì) merely to be
一个(yī gè) a
普通的( pǔ tōng de) medial
上班族(shàng bān zú) office workers (as social group)

I'm just a regular office worker.

他不是( tā bù shì)
(gè) variant of 個个ge4
普通的( pǔ tōng de) medial
学生(xuéshēng) student

He is no ordinary student.

(wǒ) I
只是(zhǐ shì) merely to be
一个(yī gè) a
普通的( pǔ tōng de) medial
老式(lǎo shì) old type
上班族(shàng bān zú) office workers (as social group)

I'm just a plain old office worker.

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