俗话 súhuà common saying

Traditional: 俗話

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 俗话 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中俗话means a common saying. Picture your grandmother at the breakfast table, telling you to eat more. She has a well-known saying ready, and she starts it with this word. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

俗话 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

俗话 — the Chinese character for common saying (súhuà), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 俗话 — common saying

俗 — 9 strokes
话 — 8 strokes

Senses

common saying
proverb

Characters in 俗话

俗 sú — custom; convention; popular
话 huà — dialect; language; spoken words

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Where 俗话 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Language and writing Practise Topic: Culture and history Practise

俗话 is pronounced súhuà and means “common saying”.