俗 sú
adjective
: custom; convention
: popular; common
: coarse; unrefined; vulgar
: secular
Kun Reading
none applicable
慣わし OR 習わし | ならわし narawashi
noun | no-adjective
: customary practice; habit; traditional event
On Reading
俗 | ぞく zoku
noun
: layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
: local manners; modern customs;
: common; popular
: vulgar; low
俗話[话] su2hu14: common saying; proverb
[俗話 | ぞくわ zokuwa: wordly story; gossip]
俗話說 [俗话说] su2hu14 shuo1: as the proverb says; as they say…
俗稱[称] su2cheng1: commonly referred to as; common term
[俗称 | ぞくしょう zokushou: common name; popular name]
俗語[语] su2yu3: common saying; proverb; colloquial speech
[俗語 | ぞくご zokugo: colloquialism; colloquial language]
俗世 su2shi4: the vulgar world (Buddhist concept); secular world
[俗世 | ぞくせい zokusei: this world; earthly life]
風[风]俗 feng1su2: social custom
[風俗 | ふうぞく fuuzoku: manners; customs
: sex service; sex industry]
民俗 min2su2: popular custom
[民俗 | みんぞく minzoku: folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs]
民俗學 [民俗学] min2 su2 xue2: folklore
[民俗学 | みんぞくがく minzoku gaku: folkloristics (formal study of folklore)]
通俗 tong1su2: common; everyday; average
[つうぞく tsuuzoku: popular; common]
習[习]俗 xi2su2: custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
[習俗 | しゅうぞく shuuzoku: manners and customs; folkways; usage]
庸俗 yong1su2: filthy; vulgar; debased
粗俗 cu1su2: vulgar
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
公序良俗 | こうじょりょうぞく koujo ryouzoku
: (yoji) public order and morals
淳風美俗 | じゅんぷうびぞく junpuubizoku
: (yoji) good morals and manners; genial manners and laudable customs; pristine way of life
有髪俗体 | うはつぞくたい uhatsu zokutai
: (yoji) (a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb
超世俗的 | ちょうせぞくてき chouse zokuteki
: (yoji) unworldly; supermundane; free from worldly cares (concerns)
良風美俗 | りょうふうびぞく ryoufuu bizoku
: (yoji) good customs
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
俗隨時變 [俗随时变] su2 sui2 shi2 bian4
: customs change with time; other times, other manners. O Tempora, O Mores!
傷風敗俗 [伤风败俗] shang1 feng1 bai4 su2
: offending public morals
入境問俗 [入境问俗] ru4 jing4 wen4 su2
: When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs; do as the natives do. When in Rome, do as the Romans do
沾染世俗 zhan1 ran3 shi4 su2
: to be corrupted by the ways of the world
未能免俗 wei4 neng2 mian3 su2
: unable to break the custom; bound by conventions
販夫俗子 [贩夫俗子] fan4 fu1 su2 zi5
: peddlers and common people; lower class
避世絕俗 [避世绝俗] bi4 shi4 jue2 su2
: to withdraw from society and live like a hermit
違時絕俗 [违时绝俗] wei2 shi2 jue2 su2
: to defy the times and reject custom; in breach of current conventions
形声 Pictophonetic.
亻 (ren2: person radical 9) suggests the meaning while
谷 (gu3: valley; gorge) provides the sound.
Old variant:
圱 su2
Examples:
none applicable
