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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 su2custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
2俗话说 俗話說 huà shuōsu2 hua4 shuo1as the proverb says; as they say...
3俗称 俗稱 chēngsu2 cheng1commonly referred to as; common term
4俗世 俗世 shìsu2 shi4everyday routine; ordinary affairs; the vulgar world (Buddhist concept); secular world
5俗字 俗字 su2 zi4nonstandard form of a Chinese character
6俗拙蠢物 俗拙蠢物 zhuō chǔn su2 zhuo1 chun3 wu4the common run of stupid, vulgar creatures (idiom)
7俗缘未了 俗緣未了 yuán wèi liǎosu2 yuan2 wei4 liao3The time has not yet come for entering a monastery. (idiom)
8俗语 俗語 su2 yu3common saying; proverb; colloquial speech
9俗谚口碑 俗諺口碑 yàn kǒu bēisu2 yan4 kou3 bei1common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
10俗谚 俗諺 yànsu2 yan4common saying; proverb
11俗务羁身 俗務羈身 shēnsu2 wu4 ji1 shen1to be tied down by everyday affairs (idiom)
12俗体字 俗體字 su2 ti3 zi4nonstandard form of a Chinese character
13俗套 俗套 tàosu2 tao4conventional patterns; cliché
14俗随时变 俗隨時變 suí shí biànsu2 sui2 shi2 bian4customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners; O Tempora, O Mores!
15俗世奇人 俗世奇人 shì rénsu2 shi4 qi2 ren2Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 冯骥才
16俗人 俗人 rénsu2 ren2common people; laity (i.e. not priests)
17俗气 俗氣 su2 qi4tacky; inelegant; in poor taste; vulgar; banal
18俗名 俗名 míngsu2 ming2vernacular name; lay name (of a priest)
19俗虑全消 俗慮全消 quán xiāosu2 lu:4 quan2 xiao1All worldly cares have vanished. (idiom)
20俗滥 俗濫 lànsu2 lan4clichéd; tacky
21俗辣 俗辣 su2 la4(slang) (Tw) coward; paper tiger; a nobody (from Taiwanese 卒仔 , Tai-lo pr. [tsut-á])
22俗家 俗家 jiāsu2 jia1layman; layperson; original home of a monk
23俗话 俗話 huàsu2 hua4common saying; proverb
24俗不可耐 俗不可耐 nàisu2 bu4 ke3 nai4intolerably vulgar

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