zhōng yōng

HSK 7–9

中庸 (zhōng yōng) is a Chinese word meaning “golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary”.

Meanings

  1. 1golden mean (Confucianism)
  2. 2(literary) (of person) mediocre
  3. 3ordinary
Part of speech
noun, adjective

Characters in 中庸

中zhōng · within; among; in庸yōng · ordinary

Related words

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