通
俗

Common in Chinese: 通俗 (tōng sú)

tōng sú

common

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1common
  2. 2everyday
  3. 3average

Stroke order

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通
俗

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄥ

tōng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄙㄨˊ

sú

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这本书写得很通俗，人人都能看懂。

    zhè běn shū xiě dé hěn tōng sú， rén rén dōu néng kàn dǒng。

    This book is written in plain language that everyone can understand.

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Related words

通

tōng

to go through

俗

sú

custom

交通

jiāo tōng

to be connected

通过

tōng guò

to pass through

通知

tōng zhī

to notify

风俗

fēng sú

social custom

沟通

gōu tōng

to join

通常

tōng cháng

regular

通讯

tōng xùn

communications

普通

pǔ tōng

common

通信

tōng xìn

to correspond (by letter etc)

流通

liú tōng

to circulate

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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