Hanzi

俗

custom/convention/popular/common/coarse/vulgar/secular

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 4

Pinyin

sú

Bopomofo

ㄙㄨˊ

Jyutping

zuk6

Example sentences

世俗 shìsú
她不太在乎世俗的眼光，決定按自己的想法生活。
她不太在乎世俗的眼光，决定按自己的想法生活。

She did not care much about society's conventional gaze and decided to live according to her own ideas.

俗 sú
這種裝修風格太俗了。
这种装修风格太俗了。

This decoration style is too tacky.

俗話 / 俗话 súhuà
俗話說，「萬事起頭難」。
俗话说，「万事起头难」。

As the saying goes, 'All things are difficult before they are easy.'

本性 běnxìng
俗話說得好，江山易改，本性難移。
俗话说得好，江山易改，本性难移。

As the saying goes, 'it is easier to change mountains and rivers than a person's nature.'

民俗 mínsú
每個地方都有獨特的民俗活動。
每个地方都有独特的民俗活动。

Every place has its own unique folk activities.

習俗 / 习俗 xísú
每個民族都有其獨特的傳統習俗。
每个民族都有其独特的传统习俗。

Every ethnic group has its own unique traditional customs.

祖宗 zǔzōng
祭拜祖宗是華人的傳統習俗。
祭拜祖宗是华人的传统习俗。

Worshipping ancestors is a traditional custom of the Chinese people.

Example Vocabulary

世俗

shi4'su2

secular; worldly; conventional social customs or attitudes

俗

su2

vulgar; tacky; common; custom

俗話

su2'hua4

common saying; proverb

民俗

min2'su2

folk custom; folklore

習俗

xi2'su2

custom; convention

低俗

di1'su2

俗世

俗事

su2'shi4

俗人

su2'ren2

俗套

su2'tao4

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