HSK 6 · Adjectives

庸俗 yōngsú “vulgar” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 庸俗 means

  1. vulgar
  2. tacky
  3. philistine
  4. tawdry

How to say 庸俗

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale庸yōng1st 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

庸俗 in a sentence

  1. 这个广告有点儿庸俗。

    Zhè ge guǎnggào yǒudiǎnr yōngsú.

    This ad is a bit tacky.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他不喜欢庸俗的电视节目。

    Tā bù xǐhuan yōngsú de diànshì jiémù.

    He doesn’t like trashy TV programmes.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 庸俗 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 庸 (yōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
庸yōngordinary
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 用use · yòngSound part
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 庸俗

庸 11 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.

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

Words related to 庸俗

Words with 庸

平庸píngyōng · mediocre

Words with 俗

风俗fēngsú · social custom通俗tōngsú · popular习俗xísú · custom俗话súhuà · common saying

More words: Adjectives

英勇yīngyǒng · heroic隐约yǐnyuē · faint一丝不苟yìsībùgǒu · meticulous永恒yǒnghéng · eternal踊跃yǒngyuè · eager有条不紊yǒutiáobùwěn · orderly优异yōuyì · outstanding优越yōuyuè · superior

FAQs

庸俗 (yōngsú) means “vulgar” or “tacky”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yōngsú: yōng 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. 庸俗 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yongsu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 庸俗 from the suggestions. Typing yongsu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
庸俗 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.