风尚 (fēng shàng) — current custom, prevailing trend, fashion

Definition

风尚 (fēngshàng) refers to prevailing social customs or moral trends of a time, more abstract than 风格 (personal/creative style) and broader than 时尚 (consumer fashion).

noun
current customprevailing trendfashion

Examples

  • 风尚
    Zhè zhǒng yī zhuó fēng shàng yǐ jīng guò shí le.
    This style of dress is already out of fashion.
  • 风尚
    Shè huì fēng shàng huì suí zhe jīng jì fā zhǎn ér gǎi biàn.
    Social customs change with economic development.
  • 风尚
    Zuì jìn xīng qǐ le yì zhǒng xīn de yuè dú fēng shàng.
    A new reading trend has recently emerged.

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