普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 瘦死的骆驼比马大 瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people 亮眼人 liàng yǎn rén (term used by the blind) sighted person / person with eyesight / perceptive person / observant person syn 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 常人 cháng rén ordinary person syn 凡人 fán rén ordinary person / mortal / earthling syn 中庸 zhōng yōng golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary syn 匹夫 pǐ fū ordinary man / ignorant person / coarse fellow syn 凡夫 fán fū common person / ordinary guy / mortal man 平人 píng rén ordinary person / common people 真人不露相 zhēn rén bù lòu xiàng the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom) 人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn 人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as 可人 kě rén pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person syn 伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn 羲皇上人 xī huáng shàng rén lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] / person from ages immemorial / fig. untroubled person 可儿 可兒 kě ér a person after one's heart (charming person) / capable person 好人 hǎo rén good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle syn 一般 yī bān same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general syn 普通 pǔ tōng common / ordinary / general / average syn 正常 zhèng cháng regular / normal / ordinary syn 平常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily syn 平凡 píng fán commonplace / ordinary / mediocre syn 平民 píng mín ordinary people / commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military) syn 平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special syn 非凡 fēi fán out of the ordinary / unusually (good, talented etc) syn 普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn 寻常 尋常 xún cháng usual / common / ordinary syn 平日 píng rì ordinary day / everyday / ordinarily / usually syn 不俗 bù sú impressive / out of the ordinary syn 不起眼 bù qǐ yǎn unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary syn 超凡 chāo fán out of the ordinary / exceedingly (good) syn 挥发 揮發 huī fā to volatilize / to vaporize / to evaporate (esp. at ordinary temperatures) / (in compound words) volatile syn 镀金 鍍金 dù jīn to gold-plate / to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special syn 兵士 bīng shì ordinary soldier syn 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people 常温 常溫 cháng wēn room temperature / ordinary temperatures 不同寻常 不同尋常 bù tóng xún cháng out of the ordinary / unusual syn 班底 bān dǐ ordinary members of theatrical troupe 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 等闲 等閑 děng xián ordinary / common / unimportant / idly / for no reason syn 按说 按說 àn shuō in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally syn 平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn 小民 xiǎo mín ordinary people / commoner / civilian 干群 幹群 gàn qún cadres and masses / party officials and ordinary people 平淡无奇 平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about syn 良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) syn 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 按理 àn lǐ according to reason / in the ordinary course of events / normally syn 凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ common people / ordinary folk syn 贱民 賤民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste) 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 民女 mín nǚ woman from an ordinary family syn 凡响 凡響 fán xiǎng ordinary tones / everyday harmony / common chord 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking 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 拉家常 lā jiā cháng to talk or chat about ordinary daily life syn 平信 píng xìn ordinary mail (as opposed to air mail etc) 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 差不离 差不離 chà bù lí not much different / similar / ordinary / nearly syn 庸 yōng ordinary / to use syn 鼎铛玉石 鼎鐺玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom) / fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine 匹夫匹妇 匹夫匹婦 pǐ fū pǐ fù ordinary people / commoners 常规铜电话线 常規銅電話線 cháng guī tóng diàn huà xiàn ordinary copper telephone line 常微分方程 cháng wēi fēn fāng chéng ordinary differential equation (ODE) 凡俗 fán sú lay (as opposed to clergy) / ordinary / commonplace syn 一般规定 一般規定 yī bān guī dìng ordinary provision (law) 俗世奇人 sú shì qí rén Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才[Feng2 Ji4 cai2] 凡庸 fán yōng ordinary / mediocre syn 出尖 chū jiān out of the ordinary / outstanding / egregious 卑之，毋甚高论 卑之，毋甚高論 bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression) / my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary 卑之，无甚高论 卑之，無甚高論 bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression) / my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary 夙日 sù rì at ordinary times 大灶 dà zào large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged) 平平常常 píng píng cháng cháng nothing out of the ordinary / unglamorous syn 庸庸碌碌 yōng yōng lù lù ordinary / mediocre syn 拟球 擬球 nǐ qiú (math.) pseudosphere, a surface in ordinary space of constant negative curvature 普普通通 pǔ pǔ tōng tōng ordinary / mediocre / nothing special syn 普通民众 普通民眾 pǔ tōng mín zhòng ordinary people / the masses 普通车 普通車 pǔ tōng chē local train / ordinary vehicle 相平面 xiàng píng miàn phase plane (math., ordinary differential equations) 相空间 相空間 xiàng kōng jiān phase space (math., ordinary differential equations) 逸尘 逸塵 yì chén outstanding / above the common / out of the ordinary 国家元首和政府首脑会议常会 國家元首和政府首腦會議常會 Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government 在企业正常经营过程中的买方 在企業正常經營過程中的買方 buyer in the ordinary course of business 非洲卫生部长会议第二届常会 非洲衛生部長會議第二屆常會 Second Ordinary Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Health 平头百姓 平頭百姓 píng tóu bǎi xìng common people / ordinary people 吃喝拉撒睡 chī hē lā sā shuì to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep / (fig.) the ordinary daily routine 市井小民 shì jǐng xiǎo mín ordinary people / the hoi polloi / commoner 纯素 純素 chún sù plain / ordinary / vegan / vegetarian 超乎寻常 超乎尋常 chāo hū xún cháng out of the ordinary / exceptional 中常 zhōng cháng ordinary / average / medium / mid-range / moderate syn 非同凡响 非同凡響 fēi tóng fán xiǎng out of the ordinary 傲视群伦 傲視群倫 ào shì qún lún outstanding talent (idiom) / incomparable artistic merit / accomplishment out of the ordinary 小隐隐于林，大隐隐于市 小隱隱於林，大隱隱於市 xiǎo yǐn yǐn yú lín , dà yǐn yǐn yú shì an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the woods / the true recluse chooses the city (idiom) 小隐隐于野，大隐隐于市 小隱隱於野，大隱隱於市 xiǎo yǐn yǐn yú yě , dà yǐn yǐn yú shì an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the wild / the true recluse chooses the city (idiom) 基操 jī cāo (slang) the norm / typical behavior / nothing out of the ordinary / just what you’d expect (often used ironically) (abbr. for 基本操作[ji1ben3 cao1zuo4]) 普信男 pǔ xìn nán (neologism c. 2020) an ordinary guy who imagines he is God's gift to womankind 