凡 fán

1. fán adjective ordinary; common
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 平常 (Guoyu '凡' adj 1; Unihan '凡')
2. fán noun the ordinary world
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 尘世间 (Guoyu '凡' n 2)
3. fán noun an outline
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 刚要 (Guoyu '凡' n 1)
4. fán adjective secular
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 世俗 (Guoyu '凡' adj 2)
5. fán adverb all
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 凡 is synonymous with 一切 in this sense. Usually, used to introduce a noun phrase in Literary Chinese. For example, 則凡可以得生者，何不用也？ 'why should he not use every means by which he could preserve it [life]?' (Mengzi: 11.10/59/27; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 127; Unihan '凡')
6. fán adverb altogether; in sum; in all; in total
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 凡 is synonymous with 总共 in this sense (Guoyu '凡' adv 1)
7. fán noun ordinary people
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 凡人 in this sense in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 127).

Contained in

• 大凡 generally; in general
• 肉眼凡胎 ignoramus
• 凡作 ordinary work
• 凡尘(凡塵) mundane world; this mortal coil
• 凡是 every; all
• 凡例 notes on the use of a book
• 凡近 with little learning
• 凡间(凡間) the secular world
• 凡心 reluctance to leave this world; heart set on the mundane
• 凡俗 ordinary; commonplace; mundane; worldly
• 凡民 common people
• 非同凡响(非同凡響) out of the ordinary
• 凡庸 ordinary
• 自命不凡 to think too much of oneself
• 尘凡(塵凡) the secular world ; ordinary people
• 大凡粗知 a rough acquaintance with sth
• 席凡宁根(席凡寧根) Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands
• 但凡 every single; as long as
• 凡人 an ordinary person; a mortal
• 自负不凡(自負不凡) believing that oneself is extraordinary
• 举凡(舉凡) such things as ...; examples including ... (etc); without exception; every; any
• 降凡 to descend to the human world
• 凡士林 vaseline
• 诸凡百事(諸凡百事) everything
• 斯特凡诺普洛斯(斯特凡諾普洛斯) Stephanopoulos (e.g. former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos)
• 不同凡响(不同凡響) not a common chord; outstanding; brilliant; out of the common run
• 革凡成圣(革凡成聖) to eliminate worldly thoughs and become holy
• 不平凡 marvelous; marvelously
• 不知凡几(不知凡幾) one can't tell how many; numerous similar cases
• 凡尔丁(凡爾丁) valitin (plain wool fabric)
• 凡百 all; everything; the whole
• 超凡 out of the ordinary; exceedingly (good)
• 凡得瓦力 (molecular physics) van der Waals force
• 平凡 commonplace; ordinary
• 砷凡纳明(砷凡納明) arsphenamine
• 非凡 out of the ordinary; unusual
• 不凡 uncommon
• 器宇不凡 an uncommon bearing
• 胂凡纳明(胂凡納明) arsphenamine
• 阿凡提 Effendi
• 凡情 ordinary feelings and desires
• 阿凡士塔 Avesta

Also contained in

伊凡四世 、 凡赛斯 、 凡尔赛 、 科尔多凡 、 儒勒·凡尔纳 、 凡高 、 凡世通 、 廖凡 、 两个凡是

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Truncated for common words

• 卷四十三 志第二十三: 職官二 Volume 43 Treatises 23: Government Service 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 263
• 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 162
• 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 141
• 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 129
• 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 118
• 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 99
• 卷一百六十三 志第一百十六 職官三 Volume 163 Treatises 116: Offical Posts 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 88
• 卷七十二 志第四十八 職官一 Volume 72 Treatises 48: Official Posts 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 84
• 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 80
• 卷四十八　　　　志第三十八　　百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 68

Collocations

• 凡诸侯 (凡諸侯) 凡諸侯同盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 13
• 凡伯 (凡伯) 凡伯刺厲王也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧板 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ban — count: 13
• 凡祭 (凡祭) 凡祭於公者 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 8
• 凡在 (凡在) 凡在喪 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 凡师 (凡師) 凡師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 凡执 (凡執) 凡執主器 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮下》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 2 — count: 5
• 凡君 (凡君) 凡君薨 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 使凡 (使凡) 天王使凡伯來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 凡三王 (凡三王) 凡三王養老皆引年 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 3
• 凡食 (凡食) 凡食 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 3