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习俗

xí sú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 習俗

习俗 (xí sú) means "custom". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 习俗 means

1. custom
2. tradition
3. local tradition
4. convention

The characters in 习俗

• 习xí(bound form) to practice; to study; habit
• 俗súcustom; convention; popular

Example sentences

• 国家不同，习俗各异。
  Guójiā bùtóng, xísú gè yì.
  Social customs vary from country to country.
• 那习俗已经不再盛行了。
  Nà xísú yǐjīng bù zài shèngxíng le.
  That tradition has fallen into desuetude.
• 每个国家都有自己的习俗。
  Měi gè guójiā dōu yǒu zìjǐ de xísú.
  Every country has its own customs.
• 这些习俗和我们国家不同。
  Zhèxiē xísú hé wǒmen guójiā bù tóng.
  These customs differ from those in our country.
• 不同的国家有不同的习俗。
  Each country has its own customs.
• 根据习俗，新娘应该循规蹈矩。
  Gēnjù xísú, xīnniáng yīnggāi xúnguīdǎojǔ.
  According to custom, the bride should be compliant.

Words starting with 习俗

• 习俗移性xí sú yí xìngone's habits change with long custom

Words containing 习俗

• 染风习俗rǎn fēng xí súbad habits; to get into bad habits through long custom
• 民间习俗mín jiān xí súfolk customs

Where 习俗 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wù–xī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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