普通 — meaning in English
pǔ tōng
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English meaning
- average noun A single value that represents the typical or central figure in a set of numbers, usually found by adding them up and dividing by how many there are.
- ordinary adj Normal, usual, or unremarkable; not special or different from what is expected.
- random adj Happening or chosen without any particular pattern, plan, or reason.
Senses
普通 is used for these senses in English:
- average Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
- middlebrow (pejorative) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
- ordinary Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
- random (informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.
average — full definition
- noun A single value that represents the typical or central figure in a set of numbers, usually found by adding them up and dividing by how many there are.
- adjective Typical or ordinary; neither especially good nor especially bad.
- verb To calculate the average of a set of numbers, or to amount to an average figure over time.
ordinary — full definition
- adj Normal, usual, or unremarkable; not special or different from what is expected.
- adj Plain or unimpressive; lacking any special quality.