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普遍

pǔ biànㄆㄨˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

Sino-Vietnamese: PHỔ BIẾN

Traditional: 普遍

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Meaning(adjective, adverbial adjective)

universal; general; widespread; common

Examples

  • 现在用手机付钱很普遍。

    xiàn zài yòng shǒu jī fù qián hěn pǔ biàn.

    Paying by phone is very common now.

  • 这是一个普遍的问题。

    zhè shì yí gè pǔ biàn de wèn tí.

    This is a widespread problem.

  • 大家普遍认为这个办法好。

    dà jiā pǔ biàn rèn wéi zhè ge bàn fǎ hǎo.

    People generally think this method is good.

Easily confused

  • 流行 — 流行 means popular/trendy; 普遍 means widespread or common.

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Stroke order

PHỔ · 12 strokes

BIẾN · 12 strokes

variant of 遍