# 俗话说 (súhuàshuō)

In Mandarin Chinese, 俗话说 (súhuàshuō) means “as the saying goes”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: as the saying goes
- Pinyin: súhuàshuō (su2 hua4 shuo1)
- Traditional: 俗話說
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 俗话说，失败是成功之母。
  Súhuàshuō, shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ.
  As the 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
- [说](https://hanziro.com/word/shuo-speak/) (shuō): to speak; to say

https://hanziro.com/word/su-hua-shuo-as-saying-goes/

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