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普
Mandarin · pinyin pǔ
Meanings
- general
- popular
- everywhere
- universal
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- 普
- pǔ · universal, general, widespread
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Mandarin tones
3 · pu3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
pou2
Cantonese word readings for 普. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- (obsolete, of sun) lustreless
- universal; general; widespread
- wide; vast
- (obsolete, Tibet) adult man
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 普通話／普通话 (pǔtōnghuà, “Putonghua”)
- Used in transcription.
- Used in transcription. — short for 普魯士／普鲁士 (Pǔlǔshì):
- Used in transcription. — (chiefly historical) Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe)
- Used in transcription. — (historical) Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a federal state of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947, mostly in areas now part of Germany, Poland and Russia)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) Used in transcription. — short for 普洱茶 (pǔ'ěrchá, “pu'er tea”)
- a surname
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