Chinese symbol for “commonplace”
平凡
píng fán
commonplace; ordinary; mediocre
The closest CC-CEDICT match for commonplace is 平凡 (píng fán), defined as: commonplace; ordinary; mediocre.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “commonplace”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凡 | fán | ordinary; commonplace |
| 平庸 | píng yōng | mediocre; indifferent |
| 碌碌 | lù lù | ordinary; commonplace; busy; bustling about |
| 陈词滥调 (陳詞濫調) | chén cí làn diào | cliché; commonplace |
| 凡俗 | fán sú | lay (as opposed to clergy); ordinary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 平凡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions |
| 公平 | gōng píng | fair; impartial |
| 平等 | píng děng | equal; equality |
| 凡是 | fán shì | each and every; every; all; any |
| 非凡 | fēi fán | out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “commonplace”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.