一般般

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	sort; kind; class sort; kind; class; way; manner	sort; kind; class sort; kind; class; way; manner
trad. (一般般)		一	般	般
simp. #(一般般)		一	般	般

Etymology

ABB-type reduplication of 一般 (yībān, “average; same”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yībānbān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄅㄢ ㄅㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ bun¹ bun¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yit-pân-pân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ ban¹ ban¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yībānbān [Phonetic: yìbānbān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄢ ㄅㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yibanban
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-pan¹-pan¹
    • Yale: yī-bān-bān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibanban
    • Palladius: ибаньбань (ibanʹbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ pän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ bun¹ bun¹
    • Yale: yāt būn būn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ bun¹ bun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bun¹ bun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ puːn⁵⁵ puːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pân-pân
    • Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ ban^ˊ ban^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ban¹ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² pan²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pân-pân
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ ban^ˊ ban^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ban¹ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² pan²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁵ ban¹ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ pan⁴⁴ pan⁴⁴/

Adjective

一般般

1. just so-so; average; not so much

   甲：考得怎麼樣？乙：還好啦，一般般。 [MSC, trad.]
   甲：考得怎么样？乙：还好啦，一般般。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiǎ: kǎo dé zěnmeyàng? Yǐ: hái hǎo la, yībānbān. [Pinyin]

   A: How was your exam result? B: It was OK, just average.

2. (Hakka) the same; identical

Synonyms

• (so-so): (Cantonese) 麻麻地
• (the same):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一樣, 相同, 同樣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	一樣, 相同, 同樣
	Singapore	一樣, 同樣
Cantonese	Hong Kong	一樣, 相同
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	一樣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	一樣
Hakka	Meixian	共樣, 一般般
	Huidong (Daling)	一樣
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	共樣
	Changting	一般般
	Wuping	一般般
	Wuping (Pingyu)	共樣
	Liancheng	一般般
	Ruijin	一般般
	Shicheng	一般般
	Shangyou (Shexi)	共甘子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	共樣, 共款, 一般般
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	共樣, 共款, 一般般, 一般樣, 一樣樣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	共樣, 共款, 一般般
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	共樣, 共款, 一般般
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	共樣, 共款, 一般般
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	共款, 共樣
	Hong Kong	一樣
	Senai (Huiyang)	一樣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蜀樣
Southern Min	Xiamen	𫝛款, 相𫝛, 相仝
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	仝款
	Quanzhou	𫝛款, 相𫝛
	Zhangzhou	仝款, 相仝
	Zhao'an	做一號, 相同
	Tainan	仝款, 𫝛款, 相仝, 相𫝛
	Penang (Hokkien)	𫝛, 𫝛款, 𫝛𫝛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𫝛, 𫝛款, 相𫝛
	Manila (Hokkien)	𫝛, 相同, 𫝛款, 相𫝛
	Chaozhou	平樣
	Raoping	平樣
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	平樣
	Jieyang	平樣
	Bangkok (Teochew)	平樣
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	平樣
	Singapore (Teochew)	平樣
	Batam (Teochew)	平樣
	Wenchang	相同
Puxian Min	Putian	蜀樣
Wu	Shanghai	一樣
	Suzhou	一樣
	Hangzhou	一樣
	Ningbo	做樣
	Wenzhou	一色

Dialectal synonyms of 一樣 (“the same”) [map]