老百姓

lǎobǎixìng

noun HSK 3 #12,088

Meanings

Literally 'old hundred surnames' - the common people with their many different family names.

HSK 2

老百姓的生活越来越好。

Lǎobǎixìng de shēnghuó yuèláiyuè hǎo.

Ordinary people's lives are getting better and better.

HSK 2

老百姓最关心什么？

Lǎobǎixìng zuì guānxīn shénme?

What do ordinary people care about most?

HSK 4

这件事关系到老百姓的利益。

Zhè jiàn shì guānxì dào lǎobǎixìng de lìyì.

This matter concerns the interests of ordinary people.

culture

百家姓 (Hundred Family Surnames) is a classic Chinese text listing common surnames. In reality there are over 6,000 surnames in China.

老 lǎo

百 bǎi

姓 xìng