# 俗话 (súhuà)

In Mandarin Chinese, 俗话 (súhuà) means “common saying; proverb”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: common saying; proverb
- Pinyin: súhuà (su2 hua4)
- Traditional: 俗話
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 俗话说，失败是成功之母。
  Súhuà shuō, shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ.
  As the common saying goes, failure is the mother of success.

## Characters

- [俗](https://hanziro.com/word/su-tacky/) (sú): tacky; vulgar
- [话](https://hanziro.com/word/hua-spoken-words/) (huà): spoken words; speech

https://hanziro.com/word/su-hua-common-saying/

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