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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

一般

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yì bān

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
General/ˈdʒɛn.ər.əl/
adjectivenounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #145 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这是一个一般规则。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Affecting or concerning all or most people, places, or things; widespread or universal.

    "There is a general consensus that the project must be completed by next month."
As noun
  1. 1

    A commander of an army, or an officer of high military rank holding a corresponding position in the air force or marine corps.

    "The general addressed the troops before deployment."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'generalis', meaning 'of a genus or kind', originating from 'genus' (birth, race, stock). Over time in Middle English, it evolved to denote something pertaining to a whole class or group rather than specifics.

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