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一般
yìbān
(after tone sandhi)
Main
English Definitionsame; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
Simplified Script一般
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinyībān
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		yìbān
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄧ ㄅㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping)jat1bun1
Part of Speech(形) adjective
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=4
Word Decomposition
一yīone; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
般bānsort; kind; class; way; manner

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Words With Same Head Word    
一些yīxiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一定yīdìngsurely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must
一样yīyàngsame; like; equal to; the same as; just like
一共yīgòngaltogether
一点点yī diǎndiǎna little bit
Words With Same Tail Word    
这般zhèbānlike this; this way
那般nàbānin that way
百般bǎibānin hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means
万般wànbānevery kind; manifold; extremely
如此这般rúcǐ zhèbānthus and so; such and such
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