普通 (pǔtōng) means Common (ordinary). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请用 普通 话回答问题。
Qǐng yòng pǔtōnghuà huídá wèntí.
Please answer the question in Mandarin.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 普通话
他的 普通 话说得很标准。
Tā de pǔtōnghuà shuō de hěn biāozhǔn.
He speaks very standard Mandarin.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 普通话
作品歌颂了 普通 劳动者。
Zuòpǐn gēsòng le pǔtōng láodòngzhě.
The work extols ordinary working people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 歌颂
他的 普通 话里夹杂着方言。
Tā de pǔtōnghuà lǐ jiāzázhe fāngyán.
His Mandarin is mixed with dialect.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 夹杂
他出身于一个 普通 的农民家庭。
Tā chūshēn yú yí ge pǔtōng de nóngmín jiātíng.
He came from an ordinary farming family.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 出身
这部作品展现了 普通 人的生活。
Zhè bù zuòpǐn zhǎnxiàn le pǔtōng rén de shēnghuó.
This work portrays the lives of ordinary people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 展现
他从不鄙视任何一份 普通 的工作。
Tā cóng bù bǐshì rènhé yí fèn pǔtōng de gōngzuò.
He never looks down on any ordinary job.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鄙视
这种药非常昂贵， 普通 家庭负担不起。
Zhè zhǒng yào fēicháng ángguì, pǔtōng jiātíng fùdān bu qǐ.
This medicine is extremely expensive and an ordinary family cannot afford it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 昂贵
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Words that contain 普通
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How is 普通 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 普通 (pǔtōng, "Common (ordinary)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
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