HSK 6 · Adjectives

通俗 tōngsú “popular” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 通俗 means

  1. popular
  2. accessible
  3. easy to understand
  4. common
  5. everyday
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • average

How to say 通俗

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale通tōng1st 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

通俗 in a sentence

  1. 这本书写得很通俗，很容易懂。

    Zhè běn shū xiě de hěn tōngsú, hěn róngyì dǒng.

    This book is written in plain language and is easy to understand.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他喜欢听通俗歌曲。

    Tā xǐhuan tīng tōngsú gēqǔ.

    He likes listening to pop songs.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 通俗 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 通 (tōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
通tōngto go through
  • 甬path · tǒngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 甬 (tǒng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tōng.

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 通俗

通 10 strokes · 俗 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 通俗

Words with 通

通tōng · to go through通知tōngzhī · to notify通过tōngguò · to pass through交通jiāotōng · traffic普通话pǔtōnghuà · Mandarin沟通gōutōng · to communicate通常tōngcháng · regular畅通chàngtōng · unimpeded通用tōngyòng · in common use精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in

Words with 俗

风俗fēngsú · social custom庸俗yōngsú · vulgar习俗xísú · custom俗话súhuà · common saying

More words: Adjectives

天生tiānshēng · innate挑剔tiāoti · fussy体面tǐmiàn · respectable挺拔tǐngbá · tall and straight通用tōngyòng · in common use妥当tuǒdang · appropriate妥善tuǒshàn · appropriate外向wàixiàng · outgoing

FAQs

通俗 (tōngsú) means “popular” or “accessible”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tōngsú: tōng 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.
Yes. 通俗 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tongsu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 通俗 from the suggestions. Typing tongsu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
通俗 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.