樸素

See also: 朴素

Chinese

		Pak or Park (Korean surname); plain and simple	plain; element
trad. (樸素)		樸	素
simp. (朴素)		朴	素
anagram		素樸／素朴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔsù, púsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄙㄨˋ, ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³ sou³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phok-sò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pog⁴ su³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷phoq-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔsù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³-su⁴
    • Yale: pǔ-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puusuh
    • Palladius: пусу (pusu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: púsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: púsù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-su⁴
    • Yale: pú-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwusuh
    • Palladius: пусу (pusu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pok³ sou³
    • Yale: pok sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pog³ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: phok-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoksox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pog⁴ su³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phok sù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰok̚²⁻⁴ su²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷phoq-su
    • MiniDict: phoh^入 su
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴phoq-su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰoʔ³³ su⁴⁴/

Adjective

樸素

1. plain; simple; unadorned (of colours, designs, styles, etc.)

   典雅樸素／典雅朴素  ―  diǎnyǎ pǔsù  ―  simple yet elegant

2. frugal; economical; thrifty
3. humble and down-to-earth; sincere and honest
4. natural; at ease
5. spontaneous

Synonyms

• (plain):

• 古拙 (gǔzhuó)
• 古樸／古朴 (gǔpǔ)
• 樸實／朴实 (pǔshí)
• 樸質／朴质 (pǔzhì) (archaic)
• 素樸／素朴 (sùpǔ)
• 質／质 (literary, or in compounds)
• 質樸／质朴 (zhìpǔ)
• 質素／质素 (zhìsù)

 

• (frugal):

• 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì) (Northeastern Mandarin)
• 做人家 (Wu)
• 儉／俭 (jiǎn) (Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien)
• 儉樸／俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ) (thrifty and simple)
• 儉省／俭省 (jiǎnshěng)
• 儉約／俭约 (jiǎnyuē) (literary)
• 克己 (kèjǐ)
• 刻苦 (kèkǔ)
• 抾拾 (Hokkien)
• 省儉／省俭 (shěngjiǎn)
• 節儉／节俭 (jiéjiǎn)
• 節省／节省 (jiéshěng)
• 節約／节约 (jiéyuē)
• 簡省／简省 (Hokkien)
• 粒積／粒积 (Hokkien)
• 𧺤儉／𧺤俭 (Hokkien)

 

• (natural): 自然 (zìrán)
• (spontaneous): 自發／自发 (zìfā)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “plain”): 奢華／奢华 (shēhuá)

Related terms

• 樸實／朴实 (pǔshí)