庸俗

Chinese

		ordinary; to use	vulgar
trad. (庸俗)		庸	俗
simp. #(庸俗)		庸	俗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōngsú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥ ㄙㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ zuk⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iông-sio̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵ sog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōngsú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ ㄙㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yongsú
    • Wade–Giles: yung¹-su²
    • Yale: yūng-sú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongswu
    • Palladius: юнсу (junsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁴ zuk⁶
    • Yale: yùhng juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: iông-sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongsiok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³⁻²² siɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iong⁵ sog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iông so̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sok̚⁴/

Adjective

庸俗

1. vulgar; obscene; in poor taste

Synonyms

• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
• 嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
• 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
• 文雅 (wényǎ)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高雅 (gāoyǎ)