HSK 6 · Verbs

普及 pǔjí “to popularise” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 普及 means

  1. to popularise
  2. to spread
  3. widespread
  4. to spread extensively
  5. to generalise
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • popular
  • universal
  • ubiquitous

How to say 普及

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale普pǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale及jí2nd tone, rising

普及 in a sentence

  1. 现今手机非常普及。

    Xiànjīn shǒujī fēicháng pǔjí.

    Mobile phones are very widespread these days.

    Sentence #3700299 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 未来，机器人会像个人电脑一样普及吗？

    Wèilái, jīqìrén huì xiàng gèrén diànnǎo yíyàng pǔjí ma?

    In the future, will robots be as common as personal computers?

    Sentence #1691830 from Tatoeba

  3. 英语已经普及全国。

    Yīngyǔ yǐjīng pǔjí quánguó.

    English has spread throughout the country.

    Sentence #811860 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 普及 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 普 (pǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
普pǔgeneral
  • 並to combine
  • 日sun · rì
The character 及 (jí) drawn as one shape
及jíand

及 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 普及

普 12 strokes · 及 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

普及 (pǔjí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 普及 (pǔjí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 普及

Words with 普

普遍pǔbiàn · universal普通话pǔtōnghuà · Mandarin

Words with 及

及时jíshí · timely来不及láibují · not enough time (to do something)来得及láidejí · to have enough time及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test以及yǐjí · and及早jízǎo · as early as possible涉及shèjí · to involve迫不及待pòbùjídài · too impatient to wait力所能及lìsuǒnéngjí · within one’s ability

More words: Common Verbs

泼pō · to splash破例pòlì · to make an exception扑pū · to pounce on铺pū · to spread掐qiā · to pinch牵qiān · to lead (by the hand or a rope)牵扯qiānchě · to involve抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue

FAQs

普及 (pǔjí) means “to popularise” or “to spread”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pǔjí: pǔ with a 3rd tone, then jí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 普及 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type puji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 普及 from the suggestions. Typing puji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
普及 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.