When the granaries are full, people observe rules of decorum; when food and clothing are sufficient, people understand honor and disgrace.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
百姓
common people
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
common people
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 百姓 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 百姓.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 百姓.
Directly before
- 触怒百姓1
- 教化百姓1
- 除了百姓1
Directly after
- 百姓厌战1
- 百姓黎萌1
- 百姓以外1
- 百姓才1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 百姓
What does 百姓 mean in Chinese?
百姓 (bǎixìng) means common people.
How do you pronounce 百姓?
百姓 is pronounced bǎixìng.
Is 百姓 an HSK word?
百姓 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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