普遍性 (pǔ biàn xìng) — ubiquity (the quality of being found everywhere); universality (the quality of applying to all situations or people)

Definition

noun
ubiquity (the quality of being found everywhere)universality (the quality of applying to all situations or people)

Examples

  • 普遍性，。
    Zhè zhǒng wù lǐ dìng lǜ jù yǒu pǔ biàn xìng, shì yòng yú zhěng gè yǔ zhòu.
    This physical law has universality and applies to the entire universe.
  • 普遍性。
    Pín kùn wèn tí zài fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā jù yǒu pǔ biàn xìng.
    The problem of poverty has ubiquity in developing countries.
  • 普遍性。
    Shù xué dìng lǐ de pǔ biàn xìng shǐ qí zài duō gè lǐng yù dé dào yìng yòng.
    The universality of mathematical theorems allows them to be applied in many fields.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

普遍widespread
普pǔgeneral遍biàneverywhere
联合Side by side
性xìngquality

普遍 supplies widespread, and 性 adds the sense of a quality, giving universality.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 並並bìngside by side
  • 日日rìsun

普 is made of 日 (sun) and 並 (side by side).

Open 普 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk; movement
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn遍biàn
Same sound today

遍 combines 辶, a mark for walking or movement, with 扁, which gives the sound biǎn.

Open 遍 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

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