一 般 yī bān same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general 共 同 gòng tóng common / joint / jointly / together / collaborative 普 遍 pǔ biàn universal / general / widespread / common 平 常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily 通 俗 tōng sú common / everyday / average 普 通 pǔ tōng common / ordinary / general / average 公 共 gōng gòng public / common / communal 常 见 cháng jiàn commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently 寻 常 xún cháng usual / common / ordinary 等 闲 děng xián ordinary / common / unimportant / idly / for no reason 平 头 píng tóu flattop / crew cut / common (people) 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) 常 cháng always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant 共 gòng common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party 常 用 cháng yòng in common usage 百 姓 bǎi xìng common people 常 规 cháng guī code of conduct / conventions / common practice / routine (medical procedure etc) 常 识 cháng shí common sense / general knowledge / CL:門|门[men2] 共 识 gòng shí common understanding / consensus 常 见 问 题 cháng jiàn wèn tí common problems / FAQ 不 凡 bù fán out of the ordinary / out of the common run 俗 称 sú chēng commonly referred to as / common term 风 气 fēng qì general mood / atmosphere / common practice 同 感 tóng gǎn (have the) same feeling / similar impression / common feeling 金 陵 Jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 布 衣 bù yī plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people 公 元 前 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ) 常 理 cháng lǐ common sense / conventional reasoning and morals 出 类 拔 萃 chū lèi bá cuì to excel the common (idiom) / surpassing / preeminent / outstanding 民 事 诉 讼 mín shì sù sòng common plea / civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case) 交 界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border 俗 语 sú yǔ common saying / proverb / colloquial speech 通 病 tōng bìng common problem / common failing 交 集 jiāo jí (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously / to intermingle / common ground / points of commonality / overlap / connection / interaction / dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection 共 同 点 gòng tóng diǎn common ground 苍 生 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows / the common people 统 一 思 想 tǒng yī sī xiǎng with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose 市 井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people 齐 心 协 力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one 风 寒 fēng hán wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine) 尾 数 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) 高 粱 gāo liáng sorghum / common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) 不 同 凡 响 bù tóng fán xiǎng lit. not a common chord (idiom) / outstanding / brilliant / out of the common run 合 用 hé yòng to share / to use in common / suitable / fit for purpose / useable 常 见 病 cháng jiàn bìng common illnesses 司 空 见 惯 sī kōng jiàn guàn a common occurrence (idiom) 顺 口 溜 shùn kǒu liū popular piece of doggerel / common phrase repeated as a jingle 紫 罗 兰 zǐ luó lán (botany) common stock / gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet 屡 见 不 鲜 lu:3 jiàn bù xiān a common occurrence (idiom) 普 通 股 pǔ tōng gǔ common stock 家 常 便 饭 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary 相 互 关 系 xiāng hù guān xì mutual relations / common interest 协 力 xié lì to unite in common effort 公 有 gōng yǒu publicly owned / communal / held in common 共 通 gòng tōng in common / universal 俗 话 sú huà common saying / proverb 缺 德 quē dé to be lacking in moral sense / to lack common basic respect for others / lacking in virtue / mischievous / wicked / cruel / mean 公 差 gōng chā tolerance (allowed error) / common difference (of an arithmetic series) 俗 人 sú rén common people / laity (i.e. not priests) 同 源 tóng yuán homology (biology) / a common origin 芸 芸 众 生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 同 心 协 力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one 普 通 老 百 姓 pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng common people / average people / hoi polloi 黑 猩 猩 hēi xīng xing common chimpanzee 庶 民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian 一 脉 相 承 yī mài xiāng chéng traceable to the same stock (idiom) / of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc) 芍 药 sháo yào Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM 氯 化 钠 lu:4 huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt 合 称 hé chēng common term / general term 凡 夫 fán fū common person / ordinary guy / mortal man 不 食 人 间 烟 火 bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ lit. not eating the food of common mortals / fig. placing oneself above the common populace 南 坪 Nán píng Nanping, common place name / Nanping township in Nan'an district of Chongqing 凡 夫 俗 子 fán fū sú zǐ common people / ordinary folk 同 甘 共 苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ shared delights and common hardships (idiom) / to share life's joys and sorrows / for better or for worse 百 胜 Bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name 黎 民 lí mín the common people / the great unwashed 新 塘 Xīn táng Xintang, common town or village name / Xintang village in Guangdong province 鹤 立 鸡 群 hè lì jī qún a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom) / way above the common / manifestly superior 从 cóng from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor 同 舟 共 济 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals 约 定 俗 成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention 同 仇 敌 忾 tóng chóu dí kài anger against a common enemy (idiom) / joined in opposition to the same adversary 蛮 夷 mán yí common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian 常 言 cháng yán common saying 普 通 法 pǔ tōng fǎ common law 凡 响 fán xiǎng ordinary tones / everyday harmony / common chord 蔚 然 成 风 wèi rán chéng fēng to have become common practice (idiom) / to become a general trend 玉 石 俱 焚 yù shí jù fén to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom) 求 同 存 异 qiú tóng cún yì to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom) 习 语 xí yǔ common saying / idiom 旁 系 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) 泽 泻 zé xiè common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) / water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) 合 议 hé yì to discuss together / to try to reach a common judgment / panel discussion 四 不 像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago 共 同 市 场 gòng tóng shì chǎng common market 海 芋 hǎi yù giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos) / common calla 习 惯 法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 盐 井 Yán jǐng Yanjing, common place name / former county 1983-1999, now part of Markam county 芒康縣|芒康县[Mang2 kang1 xian4] in Chamdo prefecture, Tibet 公 约 数 gōng yuē shù common factor / common divisor 公 倍 数 gōng bèi shù common multiple