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HSK
Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech
HSK 2
common / ordinary / general / average
HSK 2
universal / general / widespread / common
HSK 3
to spread extensively / to generalize / widespread / popular / universal / ubiquitous / pervasive
HSK 3
popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及|科学普及) / (attributive) popular science / (coll.) to explain in layperson's terms
HSK 7-9
ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street
HSK 7-9
Jeep (car brand)
HSK 7-9
Putuo district, central Shanghai / Putuo district of Zhoushan city 舟山市, Zhejiang
Putuo district of Zhoushan city 舟山市, Zhejiang
Pu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan
to disseminate knowledge of the law
proletariat (loanword) / abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞|普罗列塔利亚
epsilon (Greek letter Ε, ε)
Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French author
precipitation over a large area / widespread rain
Gypsy
(Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering / (Tw) a ritual of making offerings, esp. to wandering spirits rather than gods or ancestors (abbr. for 中元普渡)
jeep (military vehicle) (loanword)
Antwerp (city in Belgium)
Poskam nahiyisi (Poskam county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
(Tw) (loanword) pop art
(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
Plovdiv, city in Bulgaria
Pula (city in Croatia)
Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人, spoken in Egypt until late 17th century
popularization of science
Pilates (physical fitness system)
Chapman (name)
Punjab state of India / Punjab province of Pakistan
Donald Trump (1946–), American businessman and politician, US president 2017–2021 and 2025– / see also 背後捅刀|背后捅刀 and 落井下石
ubiquity / universality
Cyprus (Tw)
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general / popular / everywhere / universal
Acapulco, city in Mexico
Sharp Corporation
Cape Town (city in South Africa)
ordinary / mediocre / nothing special
Prussia (historical German state)
examination for lower levels of Taiwan government service (short for 普通考試|普通考试)
common stock
Provence (south of France)
Cripps (name) / Sir Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), UK socialist politician
kip (Laotian currency)
(name) Thompson
Puan county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州, Guizhou
Price (name)
Simpson (name)
Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)
(idiom) sunlight shines over all things / drenched in sunlight
Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong
(Tw) Vladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia / see also 川建國|川建国
everybody celebrating together / universal celebration / universal rejoicing
inclusive; accessible and affordable for everyone
Appleton (name) / Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), British physicist, Nobel laureate who discovered the ionosphere
universal suffrage
Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara)
Puebla, a city southeast of Mexico City / term used to refer to plants whose specific epithet is pueblensis, such as Tillandsia pueblensis (an air plant) and Echeveria pueblensis (a succulent)
São Tomé and Príncipe
(Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology
Springfield
Phelps (name) / Michael Phelps (1985-), US swimmer and multiple Olympic gold medallist
general education
Hewlett-Packard / HP
Guadeloupe
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Preston, city in England
Puan county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州, Guizhou
Poskam nahiyisi (Poskam county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
Princeton University
a model of Volkswagen Santana based on the Passat B2 / Poussin (name)
common law
(hist.) title of the Tibetan Tufan ruler
psi (Greek letter Ψψ)
Plymouth
Hewlett-Packard
John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner
Puding county in Anshun 安順|安顺, Guizhou
universal suffrage
universal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy
Yopurgha nahiyisi (Yopurga county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
Puge County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy
Maputo, capital of Mozambique
Providence, capital of Rhode Island
Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong
census
Split (city in Croatia)
Skopje, capital of North Macedonia
Thorpe (name)
Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 in northwest Yunnan
Puning, county-level city in Jieyang 揭陽市|揭阳市, Guangdong
Prodi (surname)
Pumi ethnic group
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016

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