| sú | custom/convention/popular/common/coarse/vulgar/secular |
| 俗 | custom convention popular |
| 俗不可耐 | be unbearably vulgar |
| 俗世 | the vulgar world (Buddhist concept) secular world |
| 俗世奇人 | Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才 |
| 俗人 | common people laity (i.e. not priests) |
| 俗体字 | common form of Chinese character (versus the etymologically correct form) |
| 俗务 | trifles |
| 俗务羁身 | Some business has detained me. |
| 俗名 | common name |
| 俗套 | conventional patterns cliché |
| 俗字 | common form of Chinese character (as opposed to etymologically correct form 正體字|正体字) same as 俗體字|俗体字 |
| 俗家 | home of Baddhist and Taoist monks or nuns' parents |
| 俗尚 | prevailing customs |
| 俗文学 | pop literature |
| 俗曲 | folk song |
| 俗气 | tacky inelegant in poor taste |
| 俗物 | worldling; vulgarian; earthling |
| 俗白 | simple and clear |
| 俗称 | commonly referred to as common term |
| 俗话 | common saying proverb |