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老百姓
Mandarin · pinyin lǎo bǎi xìng
Meanings
- ordinary people
- the "person in the street"
- Classifier: 個 gè
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3–3–4 · lao3 bai3 xing4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lou5 baak3 sing3
Cantonese word readings for 老百姓. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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lou5 baak3 sing3
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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noun
- ordinary citizen; the common people; the masses (Classifier: 個／个 m c mn)
- (dialectal) farmer; peasant
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