庸 (jung4 | yong1) : mediocre; commonplace

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庸

jung4

yong1

[1] [adj] mediocre; commonplace; ordinary; second-rate
[2] [v] (usu used in negative expression) need; require
[3] [adj] (used in rhetorical question) how; in what way

Definitions [2] and [3] are used only in literary context.

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 广 (#53)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

庸

This word has been viewed 5935 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Oct 2010 01:40

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庸俗 jung4 zuk6 yong1 su2 = vulgar

中庸 zung1 jung4 zhong1 yong1 = middle course; golden mean

樗櫟庸材 syu1 lik1 jung4 coi4 = a useless person

庸才 jung4 coi4 = non-performers

毋庸 mou4 jung4 wu2 yong1 = no need for

中庸之道 zung1 jung4 zi1 dou6 zhong1 yong1 zhi1 dao4 = [n] middle of the road; Doctrine of the Mean

平庸 ping4 jung4 ping2 yong1 = mediocre, indifferent, commonplace, trivial

庸醫 jung4 ji1 yong2 yi1 = incompetent doctor

庸脂俗粉 jung4 zi1 zuk6 fan2 yong1 zhi1 su2 fen3 = an ordinary uncultivated woman

毋庸贅述 mou4 jung4 zeoi6 seot6 wu2 yong1 zhui4 shu4 = there's no need to elaborate; there's no needs to elaborate on unnecessary details
See all 17 compounds (CantoDict reports 18 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。國
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.

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Decimal representation of this word: 庸
Unicode code for this character: U+5eb8 (off-site link)

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