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老百姓

lǎobǎixìng

ordinary people

HSK 3 · Topic “Society and country”
A villager holding a market basket
Memory picture

Characters in this word

老 lǎo

Strokes
6
Radical
老 — old, aged
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

百 bǎi

Strokes
6
Radical
白 — white
Made of
一 one 白 white
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

姓 xìng

Strokes
8
Radical
女 — woman, girl
Made of
女 woman, girl 生 life, lifetime
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 老百姓很忙。 Lǎobǎixìng hěn máng. Ordinary people are very busy.
  • 老百姓爱和平。 Lǎobǎixìng ài hépíng. Ordinary people love peace.
  • 老百姓需要水。 Lǎobǎixìng xūyào shuǐ. Ordinary people need water.

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