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普通老百姓

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pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng

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Definitions

  1. 1. common people
  2. 2. average people
  3. 3. hoi polloi

Child Words of 普通老百姓

普通
pǔ tōng

common

百
bǎi

hundred

老百姓
lǎo bǎi xìng

ordinary people

通
tòng

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

普
pǔ

general

百姓
bǎi xìng

common people

姓
xìng

family name

老
lǎo

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity

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