俗
sú HSK4

social customs

俗 sú
common noun
popular, widespread, or common among the general public

这种说法已经成了俗语。

zhè zhǒng shuō​fa yǐ​jīng chéng le sú yǔ.

This expression has become a common saying.

vulgar adjective
coarse, tacky, or lacking in refinement

那个笑话太俗了。

nà gè xiào​hua tài sú le.

That joke is too vulgar.

custom punctuation
established social customs or conventions

入乡随俗。

rù​xiāng​suí​sú.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

secular verb
relating to worldly or non-religious life

他在寺庙待了几年后决定还俗。

tā zài sì​miào dāi le jǐ nián hòu jué​dìng huán​sú.

After staying in a temple for a few years, he decided to return to secular life.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,354th most common 90.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,838th most common 25.5 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.10 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
10.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+4FD7

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)