庸
俗

Vulgar in Chinese: 庸俗 (yōng sú)

yōng sú

vulgar

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1vulgar
  2. 2tacky
  3. 3tawdry

Stroke order

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庸
俗

Zhuyin

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ㄩㄥ

yōng

ㄩ/ üㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄙㄨˊ

sú

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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

  • 这个笑话太庸俗了，我不喜欢。

    zhè ge xiào huà tài yōng sú le， wǒ bù xǐ huan。

    This joke is too vulgar; I don't like it.

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Related words

俗

sú

custom

风俗

fēng sú

social custom

民俗

mín sú

popular custom

俗话

sú huà

common saying

俗语

sú yǔ

common saying

通俗

tōng sú

common

习俗

xí sú

custom

中庸

zhōng yōng

golden mean (Confucianism)

俗话说

sú huà shuō

as the proverb says

约定俗成

yuē dìng sú chéng

established by popular usage (idiom)

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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