俗话
Old HSK 6
俗话 (súhuà) · common saying
俗话 (súhuà) means “common saying; proverb”. It is written with 2 characters: 俗 (social customs) + 话 (words). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 俗话 is built
The characters
俗 sú · social customs
What 俗 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 谷gǔ — valley
- 八bā — eight
- 人rén — person
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 亻 gives the meaning, 谷 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
话 huà · words
What 话 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 舌shé — tongue
- 千qiān — thousand
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 十 — ten
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 千qiān — thousand
Origin hint: A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
俗话说，早起的鸟儿有虫吃。Súhuà shuō, zǎo qǐ de niǎor yǒu chóng chī.As the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm.
俗话说得好，熟能生巧。Súhuà shuō de hǎo, shúnéngshēngqiǎo.As the saying goes, practice makes perfect.
Questions about 俗话
What does 俗话 mean?
俗话 (súhuà) means “common saying; proverb”.
How do you pronounce 俗话?
俗话 is pronounced súhuà.
Which HSK level is 俗话?
俗话 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 风俗fēngsúcustom
- 通俗tōngsúpopular
- 习俗xísúcustom
- 庸俗yōngsúvulgar
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 电话diànhuàtelephone
- 说话shuōhuàto speak
- 的话dehuàif (after a clause)
- 对话duìhuàdialogue
- 讲话jiǎnghuàto talk
Learn 俗话 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 173: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.