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Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 8 Words for Popular in Mandarin

I’ve often pondered about how many words really exist in Mandarin for “popular” and so I’ve done my research and come up with what seems to be a pretty definitive list. For the purposes of this post, there is a distinction made between “popular” (known by many people) and universal (“affecting everyone/everything”), the latter of which is commonly translated as 普遍 pǔbiàn or 普及 pǔjí. I also left out 大众的 dàzhòng de and 民间的 mínjiān de, which are ideally conceptualised as “used by the people”, a little different to the essential meaning of “popular” in my opinion, but worthy of mentioning nonetheless. And now, onto the list…

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Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 拔山举鼎 Báshān-jǔdǐng

拔山举鼎 Báshān-jǔdǐngWords：
秦朝（qíncháo）： Qin Dynasty (BC 221—206)( PN. )
将领（jiànglǐng）： high-ranking military officer; general(n.)
勤奋（qínfèn）： diligent; assiduous; industrious; hardworking(adj.)
剑法（jiàn fǎ）： swordsmanship(n.)
强壮（qiángzhuàng）： strong(adj.)
据说（jùshuō）： it is said; they say(n.)
鼎（dǐng）： an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs(n.)
立志（lìzhì）： resolve; be determined(adv.)
成就（chéngjiù）： achieve; accomplish; achievement(v/n.)
番（fān）： for a course/a turn/ time(MW.)
事业（shìyè）： cause; undertaking(n.)
推翻（tuīfān）： overthrow; overturn (v.)
统治（tǒngzhì）： rule; dominate(v/n.)

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