# 一般般
## Chinese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yībānbān
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄅㄢ ㄅㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jat$^1$ bun$^1$ bun$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yit-pân-pân
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yid$^5$ ban$^1$ ban$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yībānbān [Phonetic: yìbānbān]
*** Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄢ ㄅㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yibanban
*** Wade–Giles: i$^1$-pan$^1$-pan$^1$
*** Yale: yī-bān-bān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibanban
*** Palladius: ибаньбань (ibanʹbanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ pän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^1$ bun$^1$ bun$^1$
*** Yale: yāt būn būn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^7$ bun$^1$ bun$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^1$ bun$^1$ bun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: yid$^5$ ban$^1$ ban$^1$
*** 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: yid$^5$ ban$^1$ ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² pan²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yid$^5$ ban$^1$ ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ pan⁴⁴ pan⁴⁴/

### Adjective

一般般
* just so-so; average; not so much
       Jiǎ: kǎo dé zěnmeyàng? Yǐ: hái hǎo la, yībānbān. [Pinyin]
       A: How was your exam result? B: It was OK, just average.
* (Hakka) the same; identical

#### Synonyms

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