中庸 Zhōng yōng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄥ zung1 jung4
- the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四书 四書 Sì shū ㄙˋ ㄕㄨ
中庸 zhōng yōng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄥ zung1 jung4 HSK 7-9 流利級 · Level 5
- golden mean (Confucianism)
- (literary) (of person) mediocre
- ordinary
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中
- 中介 zhōng jiè ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˋ zung1 gaai3 to act as intermediary
- 中午 zhōng wǔ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˇ zung1 ng5 noon
- 中和 zhōng hé ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄜˊ zung1 wo4 to neutralize
- 中国 中國 Zhōng guó ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ zung1 gwok3 China
- 中型 zhōng xíng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˊ zung1 jing4 medium sized
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- 中外 zhōng wài ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄞˋ zung1 ngoi6 Sino-foreign
- 中央 zhōng yāng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄤ zung1 joeng1 central
- 中学 中學 zhōng xué ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˊ zung1 hok6 middle school
- 中年 zhōng nián ㄓㄨㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ zung1 nin4 middle age
- 中心 zhōng xīn ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ zung1 sam1 center; heart; core
- 中性 zhōng xìng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˋ zung1 sing3 neutral
- 中文 Zhōng wén ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ zung1 man4 Chinese language
- 中断 中斷 zhōng duàn ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄢˋ zung1 tyun5 to cut short
- 中旬 zhōng xún ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄣˊ zung1 ceon4 middle third of a month
- 中暑 zhòng shǔ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄨˇ zung3 syu2 to suffer heat exhaustion
- 中期 zhōng qī ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧ zung1 kei4 middle (of a period of time)
- 中止 zhōng zhǐ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓˇ zung1 zi2 to cease
- 中毒 zhòng dú ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ zung3 duk6 to be poisoned
- 中奖 中獎 zhòng jiǎng ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄤˇ zung3 zoeng2 to win a prize (in a lottery etc)
- 中立 zhōng lì ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧˋ zung1 laap6 neutral
庸
- 庸俗 yōng sú ㄩㄥ ㄙㄨˊ jung4 zuk6 vulgar
- 中庸 Zhōng yōng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄥ zung1 jung4 the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四书
- 凡庸 fán yōng ㄈㄢˊ ㄩㄥ faan4 jung4 ordinary
- 大庸 Dà yōng ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄥ daai6 jung4 Dayong, former name of Zhangjiajie 张家界, Hunan
- 平庸 píng yōng ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄥ ping4 jung4 mediocre
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- 庸人 yōng rén ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ jung4 jan4 mediocre person
- 庸才 yōng cái ㄩㄥ ㄘㄞˊ jung4 coi4 mediocrity
- 庸碌 yōng lù ㄩㄥ ㄌㄨˋ jung4 luk1 mediocre
- 庸医 庸醫 yōng yī ㄩㄥ ㄧ jung4 ji1 quack
- 昏庸 hūn yōng ㄏㄨㄣ ㄩㄥ fan1 jung4 muddleheaded
- 毋庸 wú yōng ㄨˊ ㄩㄥ mou4 jung4 no need for
- 无庸 無庸 wú yōng ㄨˊ ㄩㄥ mou4 jung4 variant of 毋庸
- 金庸 Jīn Yōng ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩㄥ gam1 jung4 Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武侠 novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy
- 附庸 fù yōng ㄈㄨˋ ㄩㄥ fu6 jung4 vassal
- 居庸关 居庸關 Jū yōng guān ㄐㄩ ㄩㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ geoi1 jung4 gwaan1 Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平区
- 庸俗化 yōng sú huà ㄩㄥ ㄙㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ jung4 zuk6 faa3 debasement; vulgarization
- 中庸之道 zhōng yōng zhī dào ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄥ ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ zung1 jung4 zi1 dou6 doctrine of the mean
- 平庸之恶 平庸之惡 píng yōng zhī è ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄥ ㄓ ㄜˋ ping4 jung4 zi1 ok3 (philosophy) banal evil
- 平庸之辈 平庸之輩 píng yōng zhī bèi ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄥ ㄓ ㄅㄟˋ ping4 jung4 zi1 bui3 a nobody
- 庸人自扰 庸人自擾 yōng rén zì rǎo ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ jung4 jan4 zi6 jiu5 lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom)
Idioms with these characters
- 百发百中 百發百中 bǎi fā bǎi zhòng ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄚ ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ baak3 faat3 baak3 zung3 lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits (idiom)
- 从中作梗 從中作梗 cóng zhōng zuò gěng ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄥˇ (idiom) to deliberately create obstacles; to obstruct from behind the scenes; to throw a wrench in the works
- 短中抽长 短中抽長 duǎn zhōng chōu cháng ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄡ ㄔㄤˊ dyun2 zung1 cau1 coeng4 to make the best of a bad job
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- 堕云雾中 墮雲霧中 duò yún wù zhōng ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄣˊ ㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥ do6 wan4 mou6 zung1 lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom)
- 恶语中伤 惡語中傷 è yǔ zhòng shāng ㄜˋ ㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄤ ok3 jyu5 zung3 soeng1 (idiom) to slander viciously
- 风中之烛 風中之燭 fēng zhōng zhī zhú ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄓㄨˊ fung1 zung1 zi1 zuk1 lit. candle in the wind (idiom)
- 管中窥豹 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄅㄠˋ gun2 zung1 kwai1 paau3 lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
- 古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄞˋ gu2 gam1 zung1 ngoi6 at all times and in all places (idiom)
- 火中取栗 huǒ zhōng qǔ lì ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄧˋ fo2 zung1 ceoi2 leot6 lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom)
- 家道中落 jiā dào zhōng luò ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˋ gaa1 dou6 zung1 lok6 to come down in the world (idiom)
Example sentences
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凡事 行 中庸之道 。
Moderation in all things.
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