Definition

Examples

• 这个词泛指各种不同的情况，不只是指一种。
  Zhège cí fàn zhǐ gè zhǒng bùtóng de qíngkuàng, bù zhǐ shì zhǐ yì zhǒng.
  This word generally refers to various different situations, not just one.
• 他说的“大家”泛指在场的所有人，不是特指某个人。
  Tā shuō de “dàjiā” fàn zhǐ zàichǎng de suǒyǒu rén, bú shì tèzhǐ mǒu ge rén.
  His use of 'everyone' generally refers to all people present, not specifically to any one person.
• 在语言学中，这个术语泛指一类现象，而非个别例子。
  Zài yǔyánxué zhōng, zhège shùyǔ fàn zhǐ yí lèi xiànxiàng, ér fēi gèbié lìzi.
  In linguistics, this term generally refers to a class of phenomena, not individual instances.