俗
话

Common saying in Chinese: 俗话 (sú huà)

sú huà

common saying

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 俗話1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1common saying
  2. 2proverb

Stroke order

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俗
话

Zhuyin

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ㄙㄨˊ

sú

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

俗话

Simplified

俗話

Traditional

Example sentences

See 俗话 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这句俗话很有道理。

    zhè jù sú huà hěn yǒu dào lǐ。

    This old saying makes a lot of sense.

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Related words

话

huà

dialect

俗

sú

custom

说话

shuō huà

to speak

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

笑话

xiào hua

joke

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

风俗

fēng sú

social custom

话题

huà tí

subject (of a talk or conversation)

神话

shén huà

legend

实话

shí huà

truth

电话

diàn huà

telephone

的话

de huà

if (coming after a conditional clause)

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