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通俗小说

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tōng sú xiǎo shuō

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Definitions

  1. 1. popular fiction
  2. 2. light literature

Child Words of 通俗小说

俗
sú

custom

小
xiǎo

small

小说
xiǎo shuō

novel

说
shuì

to persuade

说
shuō

to speak; to talk; to say

通
tòng

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

通俗
tōng sú

common

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