普罗

普羅

pǔluó

noun

Meanings

1 proletarian
2 the common people; the masses

Characters

pro- (sound); general

Examples

HSK 5

这家餐厅价格便宜，很受普罗大众欢迎。

Zhè jiā cāntīng jiàgé piányi, hěn shòu pǔluó dàzhòng huānyíng.

This restaurant is cheap and very popular with ordinary people.

HSK 6

二十世纪二十年代末，一些革命作家开始提倡普罗文学。

Èrshí shìjì èrshí niándài mò, yìxiē gémìng zuòjiā kāishǐ tíchàng pǔluó wénxué.

In the late 1920s, some revolutionary writers began to promote proletarian literature.

Tips

usage

Short for 普罗列塔利亚, an early transliteration of "proletariat". Today it lives on mostly in 普罗大众 "the general public". The same two syllables render "Pro-" in foreign names: 普罗旺斯 "Provence", 普罗米修斯 "Prometheus".

Stroke Order

普 pǔ

罗 luó