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HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 339720)

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Words Containing 俗

伤风败俗
shāng fēng bài sú

offending public morals (idiom)

入境问俗
rù jìng wèn sú

When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do

染风习俗
rǎn fēng xí sú

bad habits

释俗
shì sú

to explain in simple terms

风俗
fēng sú

social custom

陋俗
lòu sú

undesirable customs

通俗易懂
tōng sú yì dǒng

easy to understand

尘俗
chén sú

mundane world

食人俗
shí rén sú

cannibalism

鄙俗
bǐ sú

vulgar

违时绝俗
wéi shí jué sú

to defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions

时俗
shí sú

prevalent custom of the time

流俗
liú sú

prevalent fashion (often used pejoratively)

俗名
sú míng

vernacular name

积习成俗
jī xí chéng sú

accumulated habits become custom

俗气
sú qì

tacky

雅俗共赏
yǎ sú gòng shǎng

can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)

民间习俗
mín jiān xí sú

folk customs

低俗之风
dī sú zhī fēng

vulgar style (used of items to be censored)

俗话
sú huà

common saying

民国通俗演义
mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì

Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父

俗话说
sú huà shuō

as the proverb says

移风易俗
yí fēng yì sú

to reform habits and customs (idiom)

入乡随俗
rù xiāng suí sú

When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do

庸俗
yōng sú

vulgar

俗世
sú shì

the mundane world; the world of mortals

不俗
bù sú

impressive

未能免俗
wèi néng miǎn sú

unable to break the custom (idiom)

通俗小说
tōng sú xiǎo shuō

popular fiction

历朝通俗演义
lì cháo tōng sú yǎn yì

Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩

俗称
sú chēng

commonly referred to as

俗滥
sú làn

clichéd

世俗
shì sú

profane

贩夫俗子
fàn fū sú zi

peddlers and common people

民俗
mín sú

popular custom

俗事
sú shì

everyday routine

习以成俗
xí yǐ chéng sú

to become accustomed to sth through long practice

通俗
tōng sú

common

俗家
sú jiā

layman

俗不可耐
sú bù kě nài

intolerably vulgar

俗语
sú yǔ

common saying

习俗
xí sú

custom

俗谚口碑
sú yàn kǒu bēi

common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs

惊世骇俗
jīng shì hài sú

universally shocking

通俗科学
tōng sú kē xué

popular science

俗字
sú zì

nonstandard form of a Chinese character

民俗学
mín sú xué

folklore

低俗化
dī sú huà

vulgarization

习俗移性
xí sú yí xìng

one's habits change with long custom

低俗
dī sú

vulgar

庸俗化
yōng sú huà

debasement; vulgarization

还俗
huán sú

to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)

僧俗
sēng sú

laymen

俗随时变
sú suí shí biàn

customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners

俗人
sú rén

common people

俗体字
sú tǐ zì

nonstandard form of a Chinese character

落俗
luò sú

to show poor taste

烂俗
làn sú

clichéd

凡俗
fán sú

lay (as opposed to clergy)

媚俗
mèi sú

to cater to the public's taste

凡夫俗子
fán fū sú zǐ

common people; ordinary folk

避世绝俗
bì shì jué sú

to withdraw from society and live like a hermit (idiom)

粗俗
cū sú

vulgar

随俗
suí sú

according to custom

通俗来讲
tōng sú lái jiǎng

to put it in simple terms, ...

入境随俗
rù jìng suí sú

lit. when you enter a country, follow the local customs (idiom)

俗世奇人
sú shì qí rén

Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才[féng jì cái]

愤世嫉俗
fèn shì jí sú

to be cynical

恶俗
è sú

bad habit

俗谚
sú yàn

common saying

约定俗成
yuē dìng sú chéng

established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement

沾染世俗
zhān rǎn shì sú

to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)

脱俗
tuō sú

free from vulgarity

俗套
sú tào

conventional patterns

礼俗
lǐ sú

etiquette

不落俗套
bù luò sú tào

to conform to no conventional pattern