HanTrace

老百姓

lǎobǎixìng
nounHSK 3

“Ordinary people” in Chinese is 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng).

Meaning

  • ordinary people
  • the "person in the street"

Example

我只是个老百姓。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

lǎoHSK 16 strokesprefix 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 familiaritybǎiHSK 16 strokeshundredxìngHSK 28 strokesfamily name; surname

More HSK 3 words

进展jìnzhǎnto make headway; to make progressHSK 3周围zhōuwéienvirons; surroundings; peripheryHSK 3事件shìjiànincident; eventHSK 3区别qūbiédifferenceHSK 3父亲fùqīnfatherHSK 3采用cǎiyòngto adoptHSK 3实验室shíyànshìlaboratoryHSK 3交往jiāowǎngto associate (with)HSK 3生长shēngzhǎngto growHSK 3看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to beHSK 3