Is there any difference between 基本常识 and 普通见识？

[HusbandOfWuhan]

I'm trying to say "common knowledge" or "common sense".

Can I use 普通见识？

I know the second structure is not commonly used, but is it wrong to use?

Please share your thoughts.

[Kenny同志]

常识 would suffice.

[haifeng]

常识 is the right choice.

见识 means one persons's ability to make judgement and choices.

[skylee]

Can I use 普通见识？

When one's 見識 is 普通, it means that one is not particularly insightful or knowledgeable, thus not deserving of particular respect. If you want to appear humble you can describe your own knowledge / experience as 普通見識, but I think it is not nice to say that other people's 見識 is 普通.

[HusbandOfWuhan]

Thank you all for your help. Now I understand more about them.

[HusbandOfWuhan]

So would 基本常识 mean "basic knowledge" or "common knowledge" or "common sense"?

I know now that 常识 by itself would mean common knowledge.

Thanks.

[RickyLin]

Nobody uses 【普通见识】，it's weird

常识=common sense

基本常识= very basic knowledge ( the everybody is supposed to know)

见识= critical thinking

[anonymoose]

I'm trying to say "common knowledge" or "common sense".

Do you think "common knowledge" and "common sense" mean the same thing?

[tooironic]

@anonymoose In English I believe there is a subtle difference - "common knowledge" being about what everything knows, while "common sense" being more about what is thought to be logical - but AFAIK this difference does not exist in Chinese as we know it.

[anonymoose]

I think they are entirely different things. This has been discussed on these boards before.

Maybe it's just my anglocentric mindset, but I don't find it very satisfactory to use the same word in Chinese to cover both of these concepts.