Chinese symbol for “generally”
一般
yī bān
same; ordinary; so-so; common
The closest CC-CEDICT match for generally is 一般 (yī bān), defined as: same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “generally”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大凡 | dà fán | generally; in general |
| 率 | shuài | to lead; to command |
| 原则上 (原則上) | yuán zé shang | in principle; generally |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 一般.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 一般来说 (一般來說) | yī bān lái shuō | generally speaking |
| 这般 (這般) | zhè bān | like this; this way |
See also: Japanese symbol for “generally”.
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.