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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 俗话说

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
俗话说 sú huà shuō - as the proverb says
- as they say...

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 19,083 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- custom
- convention
- popular
- common
- coarse
- vulgar
- secular
huà- dialect
- language
- spoken words
- speech
- talk
- words
- conversation
- what sb said
- CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
huà- old variant of 話|话[hua4]
shuì- to persuade
shuō- to speak; to talk; to say
- to explain; to comment
- to scold; to tell off
- (bound form) theory; doctrine
shuō- variant of 說|说[shuo1]

Other Words Containing 俗话说

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
俗话说 - 9 19,083 - -