约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn 普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn 不同凡响 不同凡響 bù tóng fán xiǎng lit. not a common chord (idiom) / outstanding / brilliant / out of the common run syn 同舟共济 同舟共濟 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals syn 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 通病 tōng bìng common problem / common failing syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 城关镇 城關鎮 chéng guān zhèn Chengguan town (common place name) 南坪 nán píng Nanping, common place name / Nanping township in Nan'an district of Chongqing 百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name 新塘 xīn táng Xintang, common town or village name / Xintang village in Guangdong province 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 盐井 鹽井 yán jǐng Yanjing, common place name / former county 1983-1999, now part of Markam county 芒康縣|芒康县[Mang2 kang1 xian4] in Chamdo prefecture, Tibet 公约数 公約數 gōng yuē shù common factor / common divisor 最大公约数 最大公約數 zuì dà gōng yuē shù highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD 从 從 cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn 一般 yī bān same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general syn 常 cháng always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant syn 普通 pǔ tōng common / ordinary / general / average syn 共 gòng common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party syn 共同 gòng tóng common / joint / jointly / together / collaborative syn 公共 gōng gòng public / common / communal syn 平常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily syn 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 寻常 尋常 xún cháng usual / common / ordinary syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold / (common) cold / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand syn 共同点 共同點 gòng tóng diǎn common ground 民众 民眾 mín zhòng the populace / the masses / the common people syn 维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) 常规 常規 cháng guī code of conduct / conventions / common practice / routine (medical procedure etc) syn 常见 常見 cháng jiàn commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently syn 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 共识 共識 gòng shí common understanding / consensus 常识 常識 cháng shí common sense / general knowledge / CL:門|门[men2] 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 百姓 bǎi xìng common people syn 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 同感 tóng gǎn (have the) same feeling / similar impression / common feeling syn 普遍 pǔ biàn universal / general / widespread / common syn 常理 cháng lǐ common sense / conventional reasoning and morals syn 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 齐心协力 齊心協力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 公元前 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ) 常用 cháng yòng in common usage 出类拔萃 出類拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì to excel the common (idiom) / surpassing / preeminent / outstanding syn 黑猩猩 hēi xīng xing common chimpanzee 交集 jiāo jí (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously / to intermingle / common ground / points of commonality / overlap / connection / interaction / dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection syn 家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn 公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini) syn 同心协力 同心協力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn 紫罗兰 紫羅蘭 zǐ luó lán (botany) common stock / gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet 通俗 tōng sú common / everyday / average syn 俗语 俗語 sú yǔ common saying / proverb / colloquial speech syn 志同道合 zhì tóng dào hé (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause / to be like-minded syn 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 鹤立鸡群 鶴立雞群 hè lì jī qún a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom) / way above the common / manifestly superior syn 俗称 俗稱 sú chēng commonly referred to as / common term syn 司空见惯 司空見慣 sī kōng jiàn guàn a common occurrence (idiom) syn 冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn 市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people syn 合用 hé yòng to share / to use in common / suitable / fit for purpose / useable syn 俗话 俗話 sú huà common saying / proverb syn 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 风气 風氣 fēng qì general mood / atmosphere / common practice syn 凡响 凡響 fán xiǎng ordinary tones / everyday harmony / common chord 公有 gōng yǒu publicly owned / communal / held in common syn 同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ shared delights and common hardships (idiom) / to share life's joys and sorrows / for better or for worse syn 凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ common people / ordinary folk syn 常言 cháng yán common saying syn 芸芸众生 芸芸眾生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 协力 協力 xié lì to unite in common effort syn 氯化钠 氯化鈉 lǜ huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt syn 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 屡见不鲜 屢見不鮮 lǚ jiàn bù xiān a common occurrence (idiom) syn 有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal syn 高粱 gāo liáng sorghum / common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) syn 常见病 常見病 cháng jiàn bìng common illnesses 公差 gōng chā tolerance (allowed error) / common difference (of an arithmetic series) syn 求同存异 求同存異 qiú tóng cún yì to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom) syn 尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn 庶民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian syn 顺口溜 順口溜 shùn kǒu liū popular piece of doggerel / common phrase repeated as a jingle 等闲 等閑 děng xián ordinary / common / unimportant / idly / for no reason syn 同源 tóng yuán homology (biology) / a common origin 洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3] 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 一脉相承 一脈相承 yī mài xiāng chéng traceable to the same stock (idiom) / of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc) 