普通老百姓

Mandarin · pinyin pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng

Meanings

  1. common people
  2. average people
  3. hoi polloi
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

普
pǔ · universal, general, widespread
通
tōng · pass through; common; communicate
老
lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
百
bǎi · one hundred; numerous, many
姓
xìng · one's family name; clan, people
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–1–3–3–4 · pu3 tong1 lao3 bai3 xing4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pou2 tung1 lou5 baak3 sing3

Cantonese word readings for 普通老百姓. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

pou2 tung1 lou5 baak3 sing3

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.