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风俗

fēng sú

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 風俗 Measure word 个

风俗 (fēng sú) means "custom, social convention". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 风俗 means

1. social custom

The characters in 风俗

• 风fēngwind; news; style
• 俗súcustom; convention; popular

Example sentences

• 风俗习惯包括食物，庆祝和舞蹈。
  Customs include food, celebrations and dancing.
• 一个国家的风俗习惯反映了它的文化。
  The manners and customs of a country reflect its culture.
• 我很喜欢日本的美食，也很喜欢日本的风俗，所以我自然也很喜欢在日本生活。
  Wǒ hěn xǐhuan Rìběn de měishí, yě hěn xǐhuan Rìběn de fēngsú, suǒyǐ wǒ zìrán yě hěn xǐhuan zài Rìběn shēnghuó.
  I like Japanese food and customs, so it follows that I like living in Japan.

Where 风俗 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Festivals, Traditions & Cultural History (HSK 5), 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 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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