吗 嗎 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions) syn 用 yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore syn 哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where? / wherever / anywhere / somewhere / (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...? / how could ...? syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 得了 dé liǎo (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible syn 质问 質問 zhì wèn to question / to ask questions / to inquire / to bring to account / to interrogate 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 发难 發難 fā nàn to rise in revolt / to raise difficult questions syn 诘问 詰問 jié wèn to ask questions / to interrogate syn 通病 tōng bìng common problem / common failing syn 答疑 dá yí to answer questions (as teacher or consultant) / to clarify doubts syn 犯得着 犯得著 fàn de zháo worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) / also written 犯得上[fan4 de5 shang4] syn 受访 受訪 shòu fǎng to give an interview / to be interviewed / to respond to (questions, a survey etc) 百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name 老几 老幾 lǎo jǐ where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement) 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 不可知论 不可知論 bù kě zhī lùn agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable 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 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 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 共识 共識 gòng shí common understanding / consensus 常识 常識 cháng shí common sense / general knowledge / CL:門|门[men2] 百姓 bǎi xìng common people 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 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 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 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 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 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 屡见不鲜 屢見不鮮 lǚ jiàn bù xiān a common occurrence (idiom) syn 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 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 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) 约定俗成 約定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention syn 习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 风寒 風寒 fēng hán wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine) 黎民 lí mín the common people / the great unwashed syn 常见问题 常見問題 cháng jiàn wèn tí common problems / FAQ 布衣 bù yī plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people syn 民事诉讼 民事訴訟 mín shì sù sòng common plea / civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case) 苍生 蒼生 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows / the common people syn 统一思想 統一思想 tǒng yī sī xiǎng with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose 日本鬼子 rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) 普通股 pǔ tōng gǔ common stock 共通 gòng tōng universal / applicable to all (or both) / shared / common 城关镇 城關鎮 chéng guān zhèn Chengguan town (common place name) 俗人 sú rén common people / laity (i.e. not priests) 普通老百姓 pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng common people / average people / hoi polloi 芍药 芍藥 sháo yào Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM 