樸素

See also: 朴素

Chinese

	Pak or Park (Korean surname); plain and simple	plain; element
trad. (樸素/朴素)	樸/朴	素
simp. (朴素)	朴	素
anagram	素樸／素朴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǔsù, púsù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄙㄨˋ, ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³ sou³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): porh⁶ sou⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phok-sò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): pog⁴ su³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷phoq-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǔsù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǔsù
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu³-su⁴
  - Yale: pǔ-sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puusuh
  - Palladius: пусу (pusu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: púsù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: púsù
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu²-su⁴
  - Yale: pú-sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwusuh
  - Palladius: пусу (pusu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ su⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pok³ sou³
  - Yale: pok sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: pog³ sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³ sou̯³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: porh⁶ sou⁴ [Phonetic: porh⁷ sou⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: po̤h-so̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɒʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ ɬɔu⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: porh⁶ sou⁴ [Phonetic: porh⁷ sou⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɒʔ²⁻⁴ ɬɔu⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: phok-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoksox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pog⁴ su³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phok sù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰok̚²⁻⁴ su²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷phoq-su
  - MiniDict: phoh^入 su
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴phoq-su
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰoʔ³³ su⁴⁴/

Adjective

樸素

plain; simple; unadorned (of colours, designs, styles, etc.)
典雅樸素／典雅朴素 ― diǎnyǎ pǔsù ― simple yet elegant
frugal; economical; thrifty
humble and down-to-earth; sincere and honest
natural; at ease
spontaneous

Synonyms

(plain):

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古拙 (gǔzhuó)
古樸 / 古朴 (gǔpǔ)
樸實 / 朴实 (pǔshí)
樸質 / 朴质 (pǔzhì) (archaic)
素樸 / 素朴 (sùpǔ)
質 / 质 (literary, or in compounds)
質樸 / 质朴 (zhìpǔ)
質素 / 质素 (zhìsù)

(frugal):

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仔細 / 仔细 (zǐxì) (Northeastern Mandarin)
做人家 (Wu)
儉 / 俭 (jiǎn) (Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien)
儉樸 / 俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ) (thrifty and simple)
儉省 / 俭省 (jiǎnshěng)
儉約 / 俭约 (jiǎnyuē) (literary)
克己 (kèjǐ)
刻苦 (kèkǔ)
抾拾 (Hokkien)
省儉 / 省俭 (shěngjiǎn)
節儉 / 节俭 (jiéjiǎn)
節省 / 节省 (jiéshěng)
節約 / 节约 (jiéyuē)
簡省 / 简省 (Hokkien)
粒積 / 粒积 (Hokkien)
𧺤儉 / 𧺤俭 (Hokkien)

(natural): 自然 (zìrán)
(spontaneous): 自發／自发 (zìfā)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “plain”): 奢華／奢华 (shēhuá)

Related terms

樸實／朴实 (pǔshí)