| fán | ordinary/commonplace/mundane/temporal/of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels)/every/all/whatever/altogether/gist/outline/note of Chinese musical scale |
| 凡 | ordinary commonplace mundane |
| 凡世通公司 | Firestone tire company |
| 凡事 | everything |
| 凡事总有一个开头 | Everything starts somewhere. |
| 凡事总有开头 | Everything starts somewhere. |
| 凡事预则立，不预则废 | Preparedness ensures success, unpreparedness spells failure. |
| 凡人 | ordinary person mortal earthling |
| 凡例 | notes on the use of a book guide to the reader |
| 凡俗 | lay (as opposed to clergy) ordinary commonplace |
| 凡俗的 | secular; profane |
| 凡响 | ordinary tones everyday harmony common chord |
| 凡士林 | vaseline |
| 凡夫 | common person ordinary guy mortal man |
| 凡夫俗子 | common people ordinary folk |
| 凡尔丁 | valitin (plain wool fabric) |
| 凡尔登 | verdun |
| 凡尔赛 | Versailles (near Paris) |
| 凡尔赛条约 | Treaty of Versailles (the treaty that ended World War I that signed at the Palace of Versailles in France) |
| 凡尘 | mundane world (in religious context) this mortal coil |
| 凡庸 | ordinary mediocre |