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俗

sú

HSK 5 Character

What 俗 means

1. custom
2. convention
3. popular
4. common
5. coarse
6. vulgar
7. secular

Example sentences

• 入乡随俗。
  Rùxiāngsuísú.
  When in Rome, do as the Romans.
• 她的行为很粗俗。
  Tā de xíngwéi hěn cūsú.
  Her behaviour is very vulgar.
• 她讲话非常俗气。
  She is extremely vulgar in her speech.
• 庆祝春节俗称过年。
  Qìngzhù Chūnjié súchēng guònián.
  Celebrating Spring Festival is commonly referred to as 'passing the year'.
• 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.

Words starting with 俗

• 俗话sú huàcommon saying; proverb
• 俗话说sú huà shuōas the proverb says; as they say...
• 俗称sú chēngcommonly referred to as; common term
• 俗语sú yǔcommon saying; proverb; colloquial speech
• 俗气sú qìtacky; inelegant; in poor taste
• 俗人sú réncommon people; laity (i.e. not priests)
• 俗套sú tàoconventional patterns; cliché
• 俗不可耐sú bù kě nàiintolerably vulgar
• 俗世sú shìthe mundane world; the world of mortals
• 俗事sú shìeveryday routine; ordinary affairs
• 俗名sú míngvernacular name; lay name (of a priest)
• 俗字sú zìnonstandard form of a Chinese character
• 俗家sú jiālayman; layperson; original home of a monk
• 俗滥sú lànclichéd; tacky
• 俗体字sú tǐ zìnonstandard form of a Chinese character
• 俗世奇人sú shì qí rénExtraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 冯骥才
• 俗随时变sú suí shí biàncustoms change with time (idiom); other times, other manners; O Tempora, O Mores!
• 俗辣sú là(slang; Taiwan) coward; paper tiger; a nobody (from Taiwanese 卒仔, Tai-lo pr. [tsut-á])
• 俗谚sú yàncommon saying; proverb
• 俗谚口碑sú yàn kǒu bēicommon sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs

Words containing 俗

• 风俗fēng súsocial custom
• 习俗xí súcustom; tradition; local tradition
• 通俗tōng súcommon; everyday; average
• 庸俗yōng súvulgar; tacky; tawdry
• 世俗shì súprofane; secular; worldly
• 民俗mín súpopular custom
• 不俗bù súimpressive; out of the ordinary
• 粗俗cū súvulgar
• 脱俗tuō súfree from vulgarity; refined; outstanding
• 低俗dī súvulgar; poor taste
• 入乡随俗rù xiāng suí súWhen you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do…
• 约定俗成yuē dìng sú chéngestablished by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement; customary convention
• 媚俗mèi súto cater to the public's taste; kitsch; commercial
• 惊世骇俗jīng shì hài súuniversally shocking; to offend the whole of society
• 愤世嫉俗fèn shì jí súto be cynical; to be embittered
• 凡夫俗子fán fū sú zǐcommon people; ordinary folk
• 凡俗fán súlay (as opposed to clergy); ordinary; commonplace
• 婚俗hūn súmarriage custom
• 恶俗è súbad habit; evil custom; vulgarity
• 时俗shí súprevalent custom of the time
• 流俗liú súprevailing customs (often pejorative); vulgar customs
• 礼俗lǐ súetiquette; custom
• 旧俗jiù súformer custom; old ways
• 落俗luò súto show poor taste

Characters built on 谷

These share the phonetic component 谷 (gǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 浴yùbath; to bathe
• 欲yùdesire; appetite; passion
• 裕yùabundant
• 峪yùvalley
• 鹆yùmynah

Characters that look like 俗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 络luònet-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind
• 倡chàngto initiate; to instigate; to introduce
• 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 侣lǚcompanion
• 俪lì(bound form) paired; coupled; (bound form) husband and wife
• 恪kèrespectful; scrupulous

Sounds the same

Read sú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 圱old variant of 俗