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普
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Definitions
- 1. general
- 2. popular
- 3. everywhere
- 4. universal
Example Sentences
1 shown川 普 現在是70歲。
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Words Containing 普
Price (name)
(bird species of China) Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
to disseminate knowledge of the law
Bosphorus
universal suffrage
Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy
psi (Greek letter Ψψ)
(Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
Plesetsk, settlement in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Punjab state of India
Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist
Puning, county-level city in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775), Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against Catherine the Great
(bird species of China) common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang)
Princeton University
Bosphorus
Appleton (name)
(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Princeton, New Jersey
procaine (nerve blocking agent) (loanword)
precipitation over a large area
Pula (city in Croatia)
(physics) Planck's constant h, approximately 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ joule.seconds
Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)
common people
purex
universal
Preston, city in England
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC)
(attributive) popular science
proletariat
(classification) general
Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician
Phuket (city in Thailand)
Hewlett-Packard
(bird species of China) common tern (Sterna hirundo)
Puding county in Anshun 安順|安顺[ān shùn], Guizhou
Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[nù jiāng lì sù zú zì zhì zhōu] in northwest Yunnan
Puan county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州[qián xī nán zhōu], Guizhou
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Sharp Corporation
Provençal (language)
Mandarin (common language)
Staples (Center), sports arena in Los Angeles
Southampton, town in south England
Chapman (name)
harpsichord
Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French author
alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865), French socialist philosopher
Pristina, capital of Kosovo 科索沃
kip (Laotian currency)
Epson, Japanese electronics company
Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings
general middle school
Przevalski horse (Equus przewalskii) wild horse of Central Asia first identified in 1881 by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基
Cripps (name)
Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen 廈門|厦门[xià mén]
(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
Putuo district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[zhōu shān shì], Zhejiang
Puning, county-level city in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
Springfield
Lapland (northern Europe)
Pressburg (Slovakia)
universal
Maputo, capital of Mozambique
Princeton, New Jersey
Yopurgha nahiyisi (Yopurga county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
Praia, capital of Cape Verde
Gipuzkoa or Guipúzcoa, one of the seven Basque provinces in north Spain
Tripura (Indian state)
Stephanopoulos (e.g. former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos)
Rickettsia prowazekii
Acapulco, city in Mexico
Chinese brand name of Lamivudine 拉米夫定[lā mǐ fū dìng]
Hong Kong pidgin (a mix of Standard Mandarin and Cantonese)
universal suffrage
Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
(bird species of China) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
common law
Pu'er, prefecture-level city in Yunnan
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
upsilon (Greek letter Υυ)
epsilon (Greek letter Εε)
proletariat (loanword)
Thorpe (name)
Puge county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
Skopje, capital of North Macedonia
Standard and Poor (share index)
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870
Pratchett (name)
a model of Volkswagen Santana based on the Passat B2
ordinary people
Punjab province of Pakistan
common questions
Northampton, town in central England, county town of Northamptonshire 北安普敦郡[běi ān pǔ dūn jùn]
Pulandian, county-level city in Dalian 大連|大连[dà lián], Liaoning
(hist.) title of the Tibetan Tufan ruler
census
Princeton University
Split (city in Croatia)
Jeep (car brand)
Simpson (name)
census
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star
Putuo district, central Shanghai
Puge county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
(neologism c. 2020) an ordinary guy who imagines he is God's gift to womankind
Provence (south of France)
Poskam nahiyisi (Poskam county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara)
ecumenical
(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
Przevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia
apatosaurus
ecumenical
(bird species of China) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus)
Pulandian, county-level city in Dalian 大連|大连[dà lián], Liaoning
Guadeloupe
Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology
psi (Greek letter Ψψ)
Prada (brand)
Phelps (name)
Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great Russian romantic poet
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion
propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure)
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016
Yopurgha nahiyisi (Yopurga county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
universal hypothesis
Pumi ethnic group
Punjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan
São Tomé and Príncipe
ecumenical
throughout the world
Puan county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州[qián xī nán zhōu], Guizhou
common stock
Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)
Guangdong pidgin (a mix of Standard Mandarin and Cantonese)
Proudhonism, 19th century socialist theory
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian composer
Providence, capital of Rhode Island
Plovdiv, city in Bulgaria
(medicine) regular food
Gypsy
proletariat (loanword)
everybody celebrating together
the Doppler effect
local train
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870
Prozac (also marketed as Fluoxetine)
(bird species of China) eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
former Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county in Yunnan, renamed in 2007 Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县, capital Pu'er city 普洱市
Poskam nahiyisi (Poskam county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
(bird species of China) oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
Bridgestone (tire company)
the Bosphorus (strait)
general education
Puccini
Plymouth
(bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser)
(bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer)
(bird species of China) common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)
(coll.) Mandarin Chinese spoken with a thick regional accent
jeep (military vehicle) (loanword)
Uppsala, Swedish university city just north of Stockholm
Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人[kē pǔ tè rén], spoken in Egypt until late 17th century
pop art (loanword)
Purdue University
to spread extensively
generalization (logic)
Vladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia
Prussia (historical German state)
Pilates (physical fitness system)
Johns Hopkins University
Antwerp (city in Belgium)
Plotinus (204-270), Neoplatonism philosopher
Pu'er, prefecture-level city in Yunnan
Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
Dopod (company name)
general middle school education
Donald Trump (1946-), American business magnate, US president 2017-2021
Pu'er tea from the Pu'er region of Yunnan
ubiquity
Puding county in Anshun 安順|安顺[ān shùn], Guizhou
Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong
Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect
(Dirk) Kempthorne (US Senator from Idaho)
Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong
universal hypothesis
universal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy
Pulitzer Prize
The Simpsons (US TV series)
(of the sunlight) to bathe all things
upsilon (Greek letter Υυ)
Thompson (name)
the Copts, major ethnoreligious group of Egyptian Christians
examination for lower levels of Taiwan government service (short for 普通考試|普通考试[pǔ tōng kǎo shì])
ordinary
Cape Town (city in South Africa)
Hewlett-Packard
ordinary person
common noun (grammar)
see 普拉提[pǔ lā tí]
common
Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
popularization of science
Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
(idiom) sunlight shines over all things