世俗

shìsú

adjective #14,848

Meanings

1 secular
2 worldly
3 profane
4 mundane

Characters

world; generation

custom; common; vulgar

Examples

他不想被世俗的观念束缚。

Tā bù xiǎng bèi shìsú de guānniàn shùfù.

He doesn't want to be bound by worldly conventions.

这是一个世俗社会。

Zhè shì yīgè shìsú shèhuì.

This is a secular society.

Tips

usage

世俗 can be neutral (secular, as opposed to religious) or slightly negative (worldly, materialistic, conventional). 世俗的眼光 means 'conventional/shallow perspective'.

Stroke Order

世 shì

俗 sú