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粗俗

cūsú

vulgar

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

vulgar

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 粗俗 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 粗俗 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

她的行为很粗俗。tā de xíng wéi hěn cū sú。

Her behaviour is very vulgar.

当人们认为战争残酷时,它还是很吸引人的。当人们认为战争粗俗时,它就没那么受欢迎了。dāng rén men rèn wéi zhàn zhēng cán kù shí, tā hái shì hěn xī yǐn rén de。 dāng rén men rèn wéi zhàn zhēng cū sú shí, tā jiù méi nà me shòu huān yíng le。

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

这句话太粗俗啦!zhè jù huà tài cū sú la!

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 粗俗.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 粗俗.

Directly before

  • 很粗俗1
  • 战争粗俗1
  • 太粗俗1

Directly after

  • 粗俗时1
  • 粗俗啦1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 粗俗

What does 粗俗 mean in Chinese?

粗俗 (cūsú) means vulgar.

How do you pronounce 粗俗?

粗俗 is pronounced cūsú.

Is 粗俗 an HSK word?

粗俗 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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