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普: universal, general

 

普 pǔ


: universal
: general; popular
: everywhere; widespread

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普く | あまねく amaneku

noun
: widely; generally; universally; far and wide

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フ fu

 Usage:

普遍 pu3bian4: universal; general; widespread; common
普通 pu3tong1: common; ordinary; general; average
[ふつう futsuu: general; ordinary; usual;
: (Adverb) normally; generally; usually
: (Abbreviation) train that stops at every station]

普普通通 pu3 pu3 tong1 tong1: ordinary; mediocre; nothing special
 
普通話[话] pu3tong1 hua4: Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech
[普通話 | ふつうわ futsuuwa: putonghua; standard (Mandarin) Chinese]

 
普通人 pu3tong1 ren2: ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street
[ふつうじん futsuujin: ordinary person]

 
普通法 pu3tong1 fa3: common law [ふつうほう futsuuhou]

 
普同塔 pu3tong1 ta3: columbarium [ふどうとうfudōtō]

 
普通でない | ふつうでない futsuu denai: abnormal; not the rule; not customary

普洱茶 pu3 er3 cha2: Pu’er tea from the Pu’er region of Yunnan
普及 pu3ji2: to spread extensively; to generalize; widespread; popular; universal; ubiquitous; pervasive
[ふきゅう fukyuu: diffusion; spread]
普查 pu3cha2: census; general survey; general investigation; reconnaissance survey
科普 ke1pu3: popular science; popularization of science; abbr. of 科学普及
標[标]普 biao1pu3: Standard and Poor (share index); abbr. for 标准普尔



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
普茶 | ふさ fusa
: entertaining people by serving tea (esp. in the Obaku school of Zen)

普遍妥当 | ふへんだとう fuhen datou
: (yoji) universal validity; fitting into any situation



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
普度眾生 [普度众生] pu3 du4 zhong4 sheng1
: (Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering

普濟眾生 [普济众生] pu3 ji4 zhong4 sheng1
: universal mercy and succor; the Buddha’s infinite power and mercy

 Etymology:
普 (pu3: universal, general, widespread)
並 (bing4: equal to; side by side; also, what is more; both) +
(ri4: sun; day; daytime)



Old variant:
暜 pu3



 Examples:

普通でいいですか。
ふつうでいいですか futruu de ii desu ka
Would you like regular prints?

 
我的媽媽喜歡喝普洱茶。
wo3de ma1ma xi3huan1 he1 pu3’er3cha2.
My mom likes drinking pu’er tea.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary