习俗

习俗 xísú in a sentence

Custom (tradition)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 5 sentences

习俗 (xísú) means Custom (tradition). Below are 5 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 习俗 都不一样。

Gèdì de xísú dōu bù yíyàng.

Customs differ from place to place.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 习俗

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

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

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

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How is 习俗 used in a sentence?

This page shows 5 sentences using 习俗 (xísú, "Custom (tradition)"), 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.

Is 习俗 an HSK word?

Yes — 习俗 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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The dictionary page for 习俗 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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