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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 俗语

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
俗语 sú yǔ - common saying
- proverb
- colloquial speech

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 21,832 27,404 25,623

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
俗 sú- custom
- convention
- popular
- common
- coarse
- vulgar
- secular
语 yǔ- dialect
- language
- speech
语 yù- (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know

Other Words Containing 俗语

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
俗语 - 9 21,832 27,404 25,623