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一般

yī bān 1–1 → 4–1

same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general

HSK level
HSK 2
HSK 2.0 level 3 · HSK 3.0 level 2
Characters
2
一 · 般
Syllables
2
yī bān
Frequency
Common
corpus count 798

Part of speech: a,ad,u

Character by character

  • 一yī1 strokesHSK 1one; a, an; alone
  • 般bān10 strokesHSK 2sort, manner, kind, category

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 你一般几点下班？

    Nǐ yī bān jǐ diǎn xià bān

    When do you usually get off work?

  • 您一般几点下班？

    Nín yī bān jǐ diǎn xià bān

    When do you usually get off work?

  • 我一般六点起床。

    Wǒ yī bān liù diǎn qǐ chuáng

    I usually get up at six.

  • 你们一般几点下班？

    Nǐ men yī bān jǐ diǎn xià bān

    When do you usually get off work?

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 一般. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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