普遍

Chinese

		general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal	a time; everywhere; turn a time; everywhere; turn; all over; one time
trad. (普遍)		普	遍
simp. #(普遍)		普	遍
alternative forms		溥遍 普徧 溥徧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔbiàn, pǔpiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ, ㄆㄨˇ ㄆㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou² pin³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phû-phiên
• Eastern Min (BUC): puō-piéng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phó͘-phiàn / phó͘-piàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pou² bing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³-pien⁴
    • Yale: pǔ-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puubiann
    • Palladius: пубянь (pubjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Taiwan, nonstandard, Min Nan-influenced)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔpiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔpiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³-pʻien⁴
    • Yale: pǔ-pyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puupiann
    • Palladius: пупянь (pupjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou² pin³
    • Yale: póu pin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou² pin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou² pin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ pʰiːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phû-phiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu´ pien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu¹ pian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰi̯en²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: puō-piéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuo³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βiɛŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘-phiàn
    • Tâi-lô: phóo-phiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phofphiexn
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰiɛn²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘-piàn
    • Tâi-lô: phóo-piàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phofpiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pou² bing³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phóu pìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou⁵²⁻³⁵ piŋ²¹³/

Adjective

普遍

1. common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous

   普遍現象／普遍现象  ―  pǔbiàn xiànxiàng  ―  common phenomenon

   普遍真理  ―  pǔbiàn zhēnlǐ  ―  universal truth

   獲得普遍關注／获得普遍关注  ―  huòdé pǔbiàn guānzhù  ―  to garner widespread interest

Synonyms

• 共通 (gòngtōng)
• 廣／广
• 廣泛／广泛 (guǎngfàn)
• 普通 (pǔtōng)
• 泛濫／泛滥 (fànlàn) (archaic)
• 流行 (liúxíng)
• 遍 (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 普遍價值／普遍价值 (pǔbiàn jiàzhí)
• 普遍性 (pǔbiànxìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
普	遍
ふ Grade: S	へん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふへん [fùhéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝhẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

普(ふ)遍(へん) • (fuhen) 

1. being universal, ubiquitous

Derived terms

• 普(ふ)遍的(へんてき) (fuhenteki)