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庸
yōng
1. ordinary
2. to use
Common • Top 17% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

庸
yōng
usual, common, ordinary, mediocre
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

中庸
Zhōngyōng
the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books [[四書|四书<Sìshū>]]
中庸
zhōngyōng
golden mean (Confucianism)
凡庸
fányōng
ordinary
大庸
Dàyōng
Dayong, former name of Zhangjiajie [[張家界|张家界<Zhāngjiājiè>]], Hunan
平庸
píngyōng
mediocre
HSK 6
庸人
yōngrén
mediocre person
庸俗
yōngsú
filthy
HSK 6
庸才
yōngcái
mediocrity
庸碌
yōnglù
mediocre
庸医
yōngyī
quack
昏庸
hūnyōng
muddleheaded
毋庸
wúyōng
no need for
无庸
wúyōng
variant of [[毋庸<wúyōng>]]
金庸
JīnYōng
Jin Yong or Louis Cha (1924-), famous Wuxia writer, author of 1957-1961 Condor Hero trilogy
附庸
fùyōng
vassal
居庸关
Jūyōngguān
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district [[昌平區|昌平区<Chāngpíngqū>]]
庸俗化
yōngsúhuà
debasement
平庸之辈
píngyōngzhībèi
a nobody
庸人庸福
yōngrényōngfú
fools have good fortune (idiom)
庸人自扰
yōngrénzìrǎo
to feel hopelessly worried or get in trouble for imaginary fears

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,147
Word Frequency Rank
14,559 of 84,292

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