义项
在很多地方、很多人身上都存在，不是个别的情况
普, broad, and 遍, everywhere — true across the board rather than in one case. 一般 says a single instance is nothing special; 普遍 says the same thing is found in case after case, a habit shared by a whole society.
adjective
例句
- 现在用手机付钱已经很普遍了。現在用手機付錢已經很普遍了。Xiànzài (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling) shǒujī (third tone, dipping) fù (fourth tone, falling) qián (second tone, rising) yǐjīng (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) pǔbiàn (third tone, dipping) le. (neutral tone)···
Paying with a phone is already very common nowadays.
- 这个问题在年轻人中很普遍。這個問題在年輕人中很普遍。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) wèntí (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) niánqīngrén (second tone, rising) zhōng (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) pǔbiàn. (third tone, dipping)···
This problem is very common among young people.
常见错误
不太对他做事的方法很普遍，没有什么特别的。
正确他做事的方法很一般，没有什么特别的。
一般 means ordinary, nothing special about this one instance. 普遍 means found everywhere, true across the board — a habit shared by many people. An unremarkable method is 一般; a habit shared by everyone is 普遍.