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

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

plain; simple; unadorned (of colours, designs, styles, etc.)
典雅樸素／典雅朴素 ― diǎnyǎ pǔsù ― simple yet elegant
frugal; economical; thrifty
humble and down-to-earth; sincere and honest
natural; at ease
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)

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