Despite their different languages and customs, everyone was still able to become friends.
Sentence #426404 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 习俗 is built
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习xíto practise
习 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 習: a young bird's wings 羽 practising flight: to practise.
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 习俗
习 3 strokes · 俗 9 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 习俗 (xísú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
习俗 (xísú) means “custom” or “tradition”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xísú: xí with a 2nd 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, 习俗 is written 習俗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xisu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 习俗 from the suggestions. Typing xisu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
习俗 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
习xí2nd tone, rising
