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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sú | su2
English translation
custom
convention
popular
common
coarse
vulgar
secular
social customs; vulgar, unrefined

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻谷

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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房子 fáng zi bǎi Mǎn le zuì guì dàn 不可 bù kě nài de jiā .

The house was full of costly, but very vulgar furniture.

shí Huā biān xiù , 温州 Wēn zhōu 俗称 sú chēng 挑花 tiǎo huā , yòu 通称 tōng chēng 十字花.

Cross lace embroidery, Wenzhou, commonly known as cross - stitch, also known as cruciferous.

俗话说得好, lǎo gǒu xué huì Xīn .

Can't learn an old dog new tricks, as the saying is.

bào zhāo zhǒng 愤世嫉俗 fèn shì jí sú de 观点 guāndiǎn , 相信 xiāngxìn 任何人.

With that cynical outlook, he doesn't trust anyone.

zhè běn 语法 yǔfǎ Shū 通俗 tōngsú 易懂 yì dǒng .

This grammar is easy to understand.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
custom
习俗 xísú custom習俗
粗俗 cū sú vulgar粗俗 cū sú
世俗 shì sú profane世俗 shì sú
民俗 mín sú popular custom民俗 mín sú
不俗 bù sú impressive不俗 bù sú
俗话 súhuà proverb俗話
愤世嫉俗 fèn shì jí sú to be cynical憤世嫉俗
风俗 fēngsú social custom風俗
俗称 sú chēng common term俗稱
低俗 dī sú vulgar低俗 dī sú
通俗 tōngsú common通俗 tōngsú
俗气 sú qì tacky俗氣
庸俗 yōngsú vulgar庸俗 yōngsú
俗语 sú yǔ proverb俗語
俗套 sú tào cliché俗套 sú tào
俗话说 sú huà shuō as the proverb says俗話說
脱俗 tuō sú refined脫俗
惊世骇俗 jīng shì hài sú universally shocking驚世駭俗
入乡随俗 rù xiāng suí sú When in Rome, do as the Romans do入鄉隨俗
凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ common people凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ
通俗易懂 tōng sú yì dǒng easy to understand通俗易懂 tōng sú yì dǒng
恶俗 è sú bad habit惡俗
约定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng customary convention約定俗成

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Decomposition

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