俗 (sú) means Custom (common - vulgar). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
各地的风 俗 不一样。
Gèdì de fēngsú bù yíyàng.
Customs differ from place to place.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 风俗
这是当地的老风 俗 。
Zhè shì dāngdì de lǎo fēngsú.
This is an old local custom.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 风俗
这句 俗 话很有道理。
Zhè jù súhuà hěn yǒu dàolǐ.
There is a lot of sense in this saying.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 俗话
他喜欢听通 俗 音乐。
Tā xǐhuan tīng tōngsú yīnyuè.
He likes listening to popular music.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 通俗
各地的习 俗 都不一样。
Gèdì de xísú dōu bù yíyàng.
Customs differ from place to place.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 习俗
他不喜欢庸 俗 的笑话。
Tā bù xǐhuan yōngsú de xiàohua.
He does not like vulgar jokes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 庸俗
元宵节有猜谜语的习 俗 。
Yuánxiāo Jié yǒu cāi míyǔ de xísú.
There is a custom of guessing riddles at the Lantern Festival.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 谜语
这本书写得很通 俗 易懂。
Zhè běn shū xiě de hěn tōngsú yìdǒng.
This book is written in a plain, easily understood way.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 通俗
这种趣味未免有些庸 俗 。
Zhè zhǒng qùwèi wèimiǎn yǒuxiē yōngsú.
This kind of taste is rather vulgar.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 庸俗
端午节有赛龙舟的习 俗 。
Duānwǔ Jié yǒu sài lóng zhōu de xísú.
There is a custom of dragon-boat racing at the Dragon Boat Festival.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 舟
这是当地流传很久的习 俗 。
Zhè shì dāngdì liúchuán hěn jiǔ de xísú.
This is a custom long handed down locally.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 习俗
这些习 俗 是祖先传下来的。
Zhèxiē xísú shì zǔxiān chuán xiàlái de.
These customs were handed down by our ancestors.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 祖先
俗 话说，一分耕耘一分收获。
Súhuà shuō, yì fēn gēngyún yì fēn shōuhuò.
As the saying goes, you reap what you sow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 俗话
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Words that contain 俗
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Questions about 俗
How is 俗 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 俗 (sú, "Custom (common - vulgar)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 俗 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 俗 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 俗?
The dictionary page for 俗 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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