正常 zhèng cháng regular / normal / ordinary syn 一般 yī bān same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general syn 普通 pǔ tōng common / ordinary / general / average syn 平常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily syn 寻常 尋常 xún cháng usual / common / ordinary syn 平民 píng mín ordinary people / commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military) syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 非凡 fēi fán out of the ordinary / unusually (good, talented etc) syn 平凡 píng fán commonplace / ordinary / mediocre syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 凡人 fán rén ordinary person / mortal / earthling syn 常人 cháng rén ordinary person syn 不同寻常 不同尋常 bù tóng xún cháng out of the ordinary / unusual syn 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 不起眼 bù qǐ yǎn unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary syn 平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special syn 超凡 chāo fán out of the ordinary / exceedingly (good) 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 平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn 普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn 平日 píng rì ordinary day / everyday / ordinarily / usually syn 平淡无奇 平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about syn 不俗 bù sú impressive / out of the ordinary syn 贱民 賤民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste) 凡响 凡響 fán xiǎng ordinary tones / everyday harmony / common chord 中庸 zhōng yōng golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary syn 凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ common people / ordinary folk syn 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking syn 挥发 揮發 huī fā to volatilize / to vaporize / to evaporate (esp. at ordinary temperatures) / (in compound words) volatile syn 良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) syn 老者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man syn 班底 bān dǐ ordinary members of theatrical troupe syn 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man / a man of character syn 按说 按說 àn shuō in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally syn 按理 àn lǐ according to reason / in the ordinary course of events / normally syn 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 镀金 鍍金 dù jīn to gold-plate / to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special syn 常温 常溫 cháng wēn room temperature / ordinary temperatures 兵士 bīng shì ordinary soldier syn 等闲 等閑 děng xián ordinary / common / unimportant / idly / for no reason syn 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people 小民 xiǎo mín ordinary people / commoner / civilian 拉家常 lā jiā cháng to talk or chat about ordinary daily life syn 不过尔尔 不過爾爾 bù guò ěr ěr not more than so-so (idiom) / mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary syn 原人 yuán rén prehistoric man / primitive man syn 民女 mín nǚ woman from an ordinary family syn 干群 幹群 gàn qún cadres and masses / party officials and ordinary people 凡夫 fán fū common person / ordinary guy / mortal man 不食人间烟火 不食人間煙火 bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ otherworldly / detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life 俗事 sú shì everyday routine / ordinary affairs 人民战争 人民戰爭 rén mín zhàn zhēng people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign syn 冯骥才 馮驥才 féng jì cái Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人 平信 píng xìn ordinary mail (as opposed to air mail etc) 普普通通 pǔ pǔ tōng tōng ordinary / mediocre / nothing special syn 庸 yōng ordinary / to use syn 差不离 差不離 chà bù lí not much different / similar / ordinary / nearly syn 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player syn 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 男士 nán shì man / gentleman syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) syn 伴郎 伴郞 bàn láng best man syn 人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic syn 情妇 情婦 qíng fù mistress / paramour (of married man) syn 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 单身汉 單身漢 dān shēn hàn bachelor / single man syn 硬汉 硬漢 yìng hàn man of steel / unyielding, tough guy syn 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 尖兵 jiān bīng point man syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn 醉汉 醉漢 zuì hàn intoxicated man / drunkard syn 巫医 巫醫 wū yī witch doctor / medicine man / shaman 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 力士 lì shì strong man / sumo wrestler syn 好好先生 hǎo hǎo xiān sheng Mr Goody-goody / yes-man (sb who agrees with anything) syn 大力士 dà lì shì strong man / Hercules syn 独角戏 獨角戲 dú jiǎo xì monodrama / one-man show / comic talk syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears syn 