庸 yōng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
庸俗
yōngsú
vulgar; tacky; commonplace
Characters in this word
俗 sú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 谷 valley, gorge, ravine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部广告片把乡村生活拍得过于庸俗，反而削弱了产品的质感。 Zhè bù guǎnggàopiàn bǎ xiāngcūn shēnghuó pāi de guòyú yōngsú, fǎn'ér xuēruò le chǎnpǐn de zhìgǎn. This advert portrays rural life in an overly vulgar way, which instead weakens the product's sense of quality.
- 他讲的笑话太庸俗，大家听了都很尴尬。 Tā jiǎng de xiàohua tài yōngsú, dàjiā tīng le dōu hěn gāngà. The jokes he told were too vulgar, and everyone felt awkward hearing them.
- 她不喜欢那些庸俗的装饰，宁愿家里简洁一点。 Tā bù xǐhuān nàxiē yōngsú de zhuāngshì, níngyuàn jiā lǐ jiǎnjié yīdiǎn. She does not like those tacky decorations and would rather keep her home simple.
Related words
- 平庸 píngyōng mediocre; ordinary and unremarkable
- 中庸 zhōngyōng the Doctrine of the Mean; moderation
- 风俗 fēngsú custom
- 民俗 mínsú folk custom
- 习俗 xísú custom
- 俗 sú vulgar; common; popular
- 俗称 súchēng commonly known as; popular name
- 俗话 súhuà common saying; proverb
- 俗语 súyǔ common expression; proverb
- 通俗 tōngsú easy to understand; popular
- 约定俗成 yuēdìngsúchéng established by usage; conventional
- 野蛮 yěmán savage; barbaric; rough