常soeng4識sik1

English

1. common sense; general knowledge
2. basic knowledge on a certain topic
3. common sense
4. general studies, one of the four main subjects in Hong Kong primary schools which focuses on knowledge and skills in daily life and includes aspects such as health, environment, technology, etc.

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 喺某一個範疇入面嘅基本知識
2. 人假設其他人應該具備嘅生活知識，例如觀察、理解、判斷事物嘅能力
3. 香港小學四大科目之一，教嘅係一啲日常生活會用到嘅知識同技能，包括健康、環境、科技等等嘅範疇

Examples

• 衞生常識

  hygiene ABC's

• 氣象常識

  general knowledge about weather

• 小學常識科

  General Studies in primary schools

• 每個人都要有衞生常識。

  Everyone should have the basic acknowledgement of hygiene. ----

• 唔好俾啲細路掂到啲藥係常識。

  It's common sense to keep medicines away from children.

• 有少少常識嘅人都唔會餵朱古力俾狗食啦下話？

  Anyone with half a brain wouldn't feed chocolate to dogs. It's not rocket science, is it? ----

• 她缺乏常识。

  She is lacking in common sense.

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• 他缺乏常识。

  He is lacking in common sense.

  Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY