通俗
tōng sú
Pinyin

Definition

通俗
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tōng sú
  1. common
  2. everyday
  3. average

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

交通
jiāo tōng
  1. 1 to be connected
  2. 2 traffic
  3. 3 transportation
  4. 4 communications
  5. 5 liaison
普通
pǔ tōng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 ordinary
  3. 3 general
  4. 4 average
沟通
gōu tōng
  1. 1 to join
  2. 2 to connect
  3. 3 to link up
  4. 4 to communicate
联通
Lián tōng
  1. 1 China United Telecommunications Corporation
  2. 2 aka China Unicom or Unicom
  3. 3 abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
通
tōng
  1. 1 to go through
  2. 2 to know well
  3. 3 (suffix) expert
  4. 4 to connect
  5. 5 to communicate
  6. 6 open
  7. 7 to clear
  8. 8 classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通宵
tōng xiāo
  1. 1 all night
  2. 2 throughout the night
通常
tōng cháng
  1. 1 regular
  2. 2 usual
  3. 3 normal
  4. 4 usually
  5. 5 normally
通知
tōng zhī
  1. 1 to notify
  2. 2 to inform
  3. 3 notice
  4. 4 notification
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
通过
tōng guò
  1. 1 by means of
  2. 2 through
  3. 3 via
  4. 4 to pass through
  5. 5 to get through
  6. 6 to adopt
  7. 7 to pass (a bill or inspection etc)
  8. 8 to switch over
开通
kāi tōng
  1. 1 to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
世俗
shì sú
  1. 1 profane
  2. 2 secular
  3. 3 worldly
互通
hù tōng
  1. 1 to intercommunicate
  2. 2 to interoperate
亨通
hēng tōng
  1. 1 to go smoothly
  2. 2 prosperous
  3. 3 going well
低俗
dī sú
  1. 1 vulgar
  2. 2 poor taste
俗
sú
  1. 1 custom
  2. 2 convention
  3. 3 popular
  4. 4 common
  5. 5 coarse
  6. 6 vulgar
  7. 7 secular
俗人
sú rén
  1. 1 common people
  2. 2 laity (i.e. not priests)
俗套
sú tào
  1. 1 conventional patterns
  2. 2 cliché
俗气
sú qì
  1. 1 tacky
  2. 2 inelegant
  3. 3 in poor taste
  4. 4 vulgar
  5. 5 banal
俗称
sú chēng
  1. 1 commonly referred to as
  2. 2 common term

Idioms (20)

一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
  1. 1 to act in collusion (idiom)
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
  3. 3 to reciprocate with material assistance
  4. 4 scratch each other's back
俗谚口碑
sú yàn kǒu bēi
  1. 1 common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
俗随时变
sú suí shí biàn
  1. 1 customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
  2. 2 O Tempora, O Mores!
伤风败俗
shāng fēng bài sú
  1. 1 offending public morals (idiom)
入境问俗
rù jìng wèn sú
  1. 1 When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
入境随俗
rù jìng suí sú
  1. 1 When you enter a country, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
入乡随俗
rù xiāng suí sú
  1. 1 When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
  1. 1 to not fully understand (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
  1. 1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
  1. 1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
心有灵犀一点通
xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
  1. 1 hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
政通人和
zhèng tōng rén hé
  1. 1 efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people
时运亨通
shí yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
有无相通
yǒu wú xiāng tōng
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to reciprocate with material assistance

Sample Sentences

并不是哦，新的货币篮子正式生效得到2016年十月一日。届时人民币的权重将为百分之十点九二。SDR是IMF成员国对可自由使用货币配额的潜在债权。通俗地说就是当IMF成员国没有钱的时候，可以用自己分到的份额先抵债。
bìngbùshì ò ，xīn de huòbì lánzi zhèngshì shēngxiào děi dào 2016 nián shíyuè yīrì 。jièshí rénmínbì de quánzhòng jiāng wèi bǎifēnzhīshídiǎnjiǔèr 。SDR shì IMF chéngyuánguó duì kě zìyóu shǐyòng huòbì pèié de qiánzàizhàiquán 。tōngsúdeshuō jiùshì dāng IMF chéngyuánguó méiyǒuqián de shíhòu ，kěyǐ yòng zìjǐ fēndào de fèné xiān dǐzhài 。
Not at all. The new basket of currencies will formally go into effect on October 1, 2016. At that time the renminbi will be given a weighting on 10.92%, SDR are a potential claim on the freely usable currencies of IMF members. In layman's terms, whenever IMF members don't have any money, they can use their corresponding share to pay their debts.
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这我不能完全同意你，你说的言情、武侠，写得好的，叫做通俗文学，红楼梦、三国演义难道不是好书？
zhè wǒ bùnéng wánquán tóngyì nǐ ，nǐshuōde yán qíng 、wǔxiá ，xiě de hǎo de ，jiàozuò tōngsú wénxué ，Hónglóumèng 、Sānguóyǎnyì nándào bùshì hǎo shū ？
I can't agree with you completely on that, well-written romance and martial arts novels are called popular literature, don't you think that Dreams of Red Chamber and Romance of the Three Kingdoms are good books?
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唉，你尽量讲得通俗易懂些，方便孩子理解。
ài ，nǐ jìnliàng jiǎng de tōngsúyìdǒng xiē ，fāngbiàn háizi lǐjiě 。
Make it as easy to understand as possible so that it's easier for him to comprehend.
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俗语大多数是老百姓总结出来的经验什么的，通俗形象，好理解。成语呢一般都有出处。有的来自故事，有的出自古文。
súyǔ dàduōshù shì lǎobǎixìng zǒngjié chūlai de jīngyàn shénme de ，tōngsú xíngxiàng ，hǎo lǐjiě 。chéngyǔ ne yībān dōu yǒu chūchù 。yǒude láizì gùshi ，yǒude chūzì gǔwén 。
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