HSK 5 · Society

风俗 fēngsú “social custom” in Chinese

Traditional 風俗

What 风俗 means

  1. social custom

Measure word 个 gè · 一个风俗 yí ge fēngsú

How to say 风俗

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale风fēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale俗sú2nd tone, rising

风俗 in a sentence

  1. 一个国家的风俗习惯反映了它的文化。

    Yí ge guójiā de fēngsú xíguàn fǎnyìng le tā de wénhuà.

    The manners and customs of a country reflect its culture.

    Sentence #344419 from Tatoeba

  2. 风俗习惯包括食物，庆祝和舞蹈。

    Fēngsú xíguàn bāokuò shíwù, qìngzhù hé wǔdǎo.

    Customs include food, celebrations and dance.

    Sentence #4625754 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 风俗 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 风 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
风fēngwind
  • 几table · jī
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidSimplified from 風. Picture a sail 几 filled by the wind, with a swirl 乂 inside: wind.

The character 俗 (sú) with each of its parts in a different colour
俗súcustom
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 谷valley · gǔSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 谷 (gǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with sú.

How to write 风俗

风 4 strokes · 俗 9 strokes

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风俗 (fēngsú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 风俗 (fēngsú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 风俗

Words with 风

风fēng · wind刮风guāfēng · windy风险fēngxiǎn · risk风格fēnggé · style风景fēngjǐng · scenery麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)风味fēngwèi · local flavour风度fēngdù · manner风趣fēngqù · witty威风wēifēng · impressive

Words with 俗

通俗tōngsú · popular庸俗yōngsú · vulgar习俗xísú · custom俗话súhuà · common saying

More words: Society & Law

地位dìwèi · position敌人dírén · enemy罚款fákuǎn · to fine法院fǎyuàn · court of law公主gōngzhǔ · princess古典gǔdiǎn · classical官guān · government official规则guīzé · rule

FAQs

风俗 (fēngsú) means “social custom”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fēngsú: fēng with a 1st tone, then sú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 风俗 is written 風俗. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one social custom is 一个风俗 (yí ge fēngsú).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fengsu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 风俗 from the suggestions. Typing fengsu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
风俗 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.