Meaning
general; popular; everywhere; universal
Chinese: 普遍、普通。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “pu” becomes a different word in each tone. 普 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 普通pǔ tōngcommon; ordinary; general; average
- 普通话pǔ tōng huàPutonghua; standard Mandarin
- 普遍pǔ biànuniversal; general; widespread; common
- 普及pǔ jíto spread extensively; to generalize; widespread; popular
- 科普kē pǔpopularization of science; (attributive) popular science; (coll.) to explain in layperson's terms
Example Sentence
现在智能手机已经很普及了。Xiàn zài zhì néng shǒu jī yǐ jīng hěn pǔ jí le.Smartphones are now very widespread.
现在Xiàn zàinow智能手机zhì néng shǒu jīsmartphone已经yǐ jīngalready很hěnvery普及pǔ jíto spread extensively了le(completed action)。