俗 (zuk6 | su2) : custom; vulgar; common

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俗

zuk6

su2

[1] custom; convention; habit
[2] vulgar; unrefined; tasteless
[3] common; popular; current
[4] mundane; layman; secular

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

俗

This word has been viewed 9383 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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俗名 zuk6 meng4*2 su2 ming2 = common name, local name, popular name

風俗習慣 fung1 zuk6 zaap6 gwaan3 feng1 su2 xi2 guan4 = manners and customs

習俗 zaap6 zuk6 xi2 su2 = custom

俗話 zuk6 waa6*2 su2 hua4 = common saying; proverb

庸俗 jung4 zuk6 yong1 su2 = vulgar

通俗 tung1 zuk6 tong1 su2 = common; average; everyday

俗語 zuk6 jyu5 su2 yu3 = colloquialism, proverb, idiom

風俗 fung1 zuk6 feng1 su2 = custom; way of doing things

入鄉隨俗 jap6 hoeng1 ceoi4 zuk6 ru4 xiang1 sui2 su2 = When in Rome do as the Romans do

不俗 bat1 zuk6 bu4 su2 = not hackneyed 國

俗例 zuk6 lai6 = customary rules

俗語有話 zuk6 jyu5 jau5 waa6 = as the saying goes

世俗 sai3 zuk6 shi4 su2 = profane; secular; worldly

俗字 zuk6 zi6 su2 zi4 = vulgar variant character

通俗易懂 tung1 zuk6 ji6 dung2 tong1 su2 yi4 dong3 = easy to understand

俗氣 zuk6 hei3 su2 qi4 = vulgar; clichéd; tacky; inelegant; in poor taste; banal

凡俗 faan4 zuk6 fan2 su2 = lay (as opposed to clergy)

粗俗 cou1 zuk6 cu1 su2 = vulgar; rude

俗稱 zuk6 cing1 su2 cheng1 = be commonly referred to as

低俗 dai1 zuk6 di1 su2 = vulgar; plebeian

俗體字 zuk6 tai2 zi6 su2 ti3 zi4 = common form of Chinese character (versus the etymologically correct form)

俗套 zuk6 tou3 su2 tao4 = conventional pattern; convention

俗語話齋 zuk6 jyu5 waa6 zaai1 su2 yu3 hua4 zhai1 = as the saying has it 粵

不俗 bat1 zuk6 = not bad, of a certain quality 粵

庸脂俗粉 jung4 zi1 zuk6 fan2 yong1 zhi1 su2 fen3 = an ordinary uncultivated woman

禮俗 lai5 zuk6 li3 su2 = etiquette and custom

塵俗 can4 zuk6 = vulgar; worldly; secular

俗世 zuk6 sai3 su2 shi4 = the secular world

民俗學 man4 zuk6 hok6 min2 su2 xue2 = folklore

俗骨 zuk6 gwat1 su2 gu3 = vulgar 粵

脫俗 tyut3 zuk6 tuo1 su2 = refined

媚俗 mei6 zuk6 mei4 su2 = try to please the public

約定俗成 joek3 ding6 zuk6 sing4 yue1 ding4 su2 cheng2 = convention; established practice or custom

Showing 1 example containing 俗

佢識講好多俗語粵
He knows lots of slang.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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