庸俗

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōngsú

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥㄙㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ zuk⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iông-sio̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵ sog⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōngsú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥㄙㄨˊ
  - 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

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)