俗话 meaning in English

súhuà

common saying; proverb

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 俗話17 strokes

Meaning of 俗话

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súhuà

common saying
proverb

俗话 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

俗sú话huà说shuō：邪xié不bù压yā正zhèng；可kě俗sú话huà又yòu说shuō：道dào高gāo一yī尺chǐ，魔mó高gāo一yí丈zhàng！

As the saying goes: "good always triumphs over evil". But there's another saying that: "the fight against evil is a constant struggle".

俗sú话huà说shuō：双shuāng喜xǐ临lín门mén；可kě俗sú话huà又yòu说shuō：福fú无wú双shuāng进jìn，祸huò不bù单dān行xíng！

There’s a saying that goes, "Fortune always comes in pairs." But there’s another saying that says, "Fortune comes, but never in pairs, while misfortune always does."

俗sú话huà说shuō：一yī寸cùn光guāng阴yīn一yī寸cùn金jīn；可kě俗sú话huà又yòu说shuō：寸cùn金jīn难nán买mǎi寸cùn光guāng阴yīn！

There is a proverb that goes "time is money", but there is another one that goes "money can't buy you time".

俗sú话huà说shuō：浪làng子zǐ回huí头tóu金jīn不bù换huàn；可kě俗sú话huà又yòu说shuō：狗gǒu改gǎi不bù了liǎo吃chī屎shǐ！

The saying goes: to turn a new leaf is priceless. The saying also goes: a dog can't change their habits of eating shit!

俗sú话huà说shuō：高gāo丽lí菜cài汤tāng和hé粥zhōu是shì我wǒ们men的de食shí物wù。

There is a saying: cabbage soup and porridge are our food.

Stroke order for each character

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俗 sú · custom · 9 strokes

话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 俗话.

电话	diànhuà	telephone; phone call
说话	shuōhuà	to speak; to say
打电话	dǎ diànhuà	to make a telephone call
的话	dehuà	if (coming after a conditional clause)
讲话	jiǎnghuà	a speech; to speak
笑话	xiàohua	joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
对话	duìhuà	to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
普通话	pǔtōnghuà	Putonghua; standard Mandarin
笑话儿	xiàohuar	erhua form of 笑話\|笑话[xiao4 hua5]
谈话	tánhuà	to talk (with sb); to have a conversation
话题	huàtí	subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
话剧	huàjù	stage play; modern drama

Questions about 俗话

What does 俗话 mean?

俗话 (súhuà) means "common saying; proverb" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 俗话?

俗话 is made of 2 characters: 俗 (9 strokes), 话 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 俗话 an HSK word?

Yes. 俗话 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 俗话 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 俗话 is written 俗話.