一 般 yī bān same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general 正 常 zhèng cháng regular / normal / ordinary 平 常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily 平 凡 píng fán commonplace / ordinary / mediocre 普 通 pǔ tōng common / ordinary / general / average 平 淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special 寻 常 xún cháng usual / common / ordinary 中 庸 zhōng yōng golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary 等 闲 děng xián ordinary / common / unimportant / idly / for no reason 差 不 离 chà bù lí not much different / similar / ordinary / nearly 庸 yōng ordinary / to use 普 普 通 通 pǔ pǔ tōng tōng ordinary / mediocre / nothing special 庸 庸 碌 碌 yōng yōng lù lù ordinary / mediocre 凡 俗 fán sú lay (as opposed to clergy) / ordinary / commonplace 凡 庸 fán yōng ordinary / mediocre 纯 素 chún sù plain / ordinary / vegetarian 中 常 zhōng cháng ordinary / average / medium / mid-range / moderate 老 百 姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4] 平 民 píng mín ordinary people / commoner / civilian 非 凡 fēi fán out of the ordinary / unusually (good, talented etc) 普 通 话 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech 普 通 人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street 平 日 píng rì ordinary day / everyday / ordinarily / usually 不 凡 bù fán out of the ordinary / out of the common run 常 人 cháng rén ordinary person 凡 人 fán rén ordinary person / mortal / earthling 不 俗 bù sú impressive / out of the ordinary 不 起 眼 bù qǐ yǎn unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary 超 凡 chāo fán out of the ordinary / exceedingly (good) 挥 发 huī fā to volatilize / to vaporize / to evaporate (esp. at ordinary temperatures) / (in compound words) volatile 镀 金 dù jīn to gold-plate / to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special 兵 士 bīng shì ordinary soldier 朝 野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people 常 温 cháng wēn room temperature / ordinary temperatures 不 同 寻 常 bù tóng xún cháng out of the ordinary / unusual 班 底 bān dǐ ordinary members of theatrical troupe 家 常 便 饭 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary 按 说 àn shuō in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally 小 民 xiǎo mín ordinary people / commoner / civilian 干 群 gàn qún cadres and masses / party officials and ordinary people 平 淡 无 奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about 匹 夫 pǐ fū ordinary man / ignorant person / coarse fellow 良 民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) 凡 夫 fán fū common person / ordinary guy / mortal man 按 理 àn lǐ according to reason / in the ordinary course of events / normally 凡 夫 俗 子 fán fū sú zǐ common people / ordinary folk 贱 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 rén mín zhàn zhēng people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign 民 女 mín nu:3 woman from an ordinary family 凡 响 fán xiǎng ordinary tones / everyday harmony / common chord 便 饭 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking 冯 骥 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 平 信 píng xìn ordinary mail (as opposed to air mail etc) 不 过 尔 尔 bù guò ěr ěr not more than so-so (idiom) / mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary 积 jī to amass / to accumulate / to store / measured quantity (such as area of volume) / product (the result of multiplication) / to integrate (math.) / to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.) / old / long-standing 鼎 铛 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 pǐ fū pǐ fù ordinary people / commoners 常 规 铜 电 话 线 cháng guī tóng diàn huà xiàn ordinary copper telephone line 常 微 分 方 程 cháng wēi fēn fāng chéng ordinary differential equation (ODE) 傲 视 群 伦 ào shì qún lún outstanding talent (idiom) / incomparable artistic merit / accomplishment out of the ordinary 一 般 规 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] 出 尖 chū jiān out of the ordinary / outstanding / egregious 卑 之 , 毋 甚 高 论 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 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 人 píng rén ordinary person / common people 平 平 常 常 píng píng cháng cháng nothing out of the ordinary / unglamorous 拟 球 nǐ qiú (math.) pseudosphere, a surface in ordinary space of constant negative curvature 普 通 民 众 pǔ tōng mín zhòng ordinary people / the masses 普 通 车 pǔ tōng chē local train / ordinary vehicle 相 平 面 xiàng píng miàn phase plane (math., ordinary differential equations) 相 空 间 xiàng kōng jiān phase space (math., ordinary differential equations) 逸 尘 yì chén outstanding / above the common / out of the ordinary 国 家 元 首 和 政 府 首 脑 会 议 常 会 Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government 在 企 业 正 常 经 营 过 程 中 的 买 方 buyer in the ordinary course of business 非 洲 卫 生 部 长 会 议 第 二 届 常 会 Second Ordinary Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Health 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 超 乎 寻 常 chāo hū xún cháng out of the ordinary / exceptional 真 人 不 露 相 zhēn rén bù lòu xiàng the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom) 非 同 凡 响 fēi tóng fán xiǎng out of the ordinary 瘦 死 的 骆 驼 比 马 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 小 隐 隐 于 林 , 大 隐 隐 于 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 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)