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Meaning of 庸
Pinyin
yōng
Radical
广
Strokes
11
Definition
ordinary / to use
Usage
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庸 [yōng]
(1) Meaning: Commonplace, not outstanding.
平常，不高明的。
Example: 平庸 (mediocre), 庸医 (ordinary doctor), 庸言 (commonplace sayings), 庸俗 (vulgar), 庸人 (ordinary person), 昏庸 (dim-witted and mediocre), 庸主 (mediocre monarch), 庸夫 (mediocre husband), 庸暗 (ordinary and foolish), 庸碌碌 (lacking ambition, no achievements).
(2) Meaning: Need; requirement.
需要。
Example: 无庸细述 (no need for detailed description), 无庸讳言 (no need to be secretive).
(3) Meaning: How; in what way.
岂，怎么。
Example: 庸讵 (how can it be…).
(4) Meaning: A type of tax system in Tang Dynasty China.
中国唐代一种赋税法。
Example: 租庸调.
(5) Meaning: Merit; achievement.
功劳。
Example: 庸绩 (achievements).
(6) Meaning: Similar to "佣" (to hire); to employ.
古同“佣”，雇佣。
(7) Verbal usage: Employ.
任用。
(8) Work for hire; sell labor.
受雇用，出卖劳动力。
Example: 庸作 (work for others as a hired person), 庸仆 (hired worker), 庸僦 (hire rent).
(9) Reward for contributions.
酬其功劳。
Example: 庸勋 (reward for someone who has contributed).
形容词:
(1) Meaning: Common; ordinary.
平常。
Example: 庸俗 (vulgar), 庸鄙 (vulgar), 庸庸 (mediocre).
(2) Meaning: Mediocre.
平庸。
Example: 庸庸碌碌 (referring to a person with mediocrity and no ambition).
(3) Meaning: Vulgar; sordid.
庸俗，庸鄙。
Example: 庸邪 (referring to base and vulgar people).
(4) Meaning: Mediocre and foolish.
昏庸，庸下。
Example: 庸暗 (mediocre and foolish).
(5) Meaning: Shallow; lacking depth.
浅陋。
Example: 庸医 (an incompetent doctor).
名词:
(1) Meaning: Achievement; merit.
功勋。
Example: 庸功 (meritorious service).
(2) Meaning: Hired workers; employed persons.
受雇用的人。
Example: 庸保 (a hired helper).
(3) Meaning: Toil; hard work.
劳苦。
Example: 庸 (hard labor).
(4) Meaning: Wages; payment for hired work.
受雇者的工钱。
Example: 庸钱 (salary).
(5) Meaning: An ancient state in present-day Hubei Province.
古国名，在今湖北省。
(6) Meaning: A surname.
姓.
副词:
(1) Meaning: Perhaps; maybe.
或许，大概。
Example: 庸独利乎? (Could it be that he alone benefited?).
(2) Meaning: How; in what way.
怎么。
Example: 庸安 (how, in what way).
(3) Meaning: Used to pose rhetorical questions; could it be said that...
表示反问，可译为“难道”、“岂”、“哪里”。
Example: 庸非昔日之乐。 (Could it be said that it was not the pleasure of yesteryear?).
(*Cited from elaborated definitions in Traditional Chinese dictionary.)
(一) 之又音。
Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]
(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti / to pose as a culture lover / to be a culture snob / having pretensions to culture
lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom) / fig. to get upset over nothing / to make problems for oneself
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Input Method for 庸
Pinyin
yong1
Wubi
yveh|oveh
Cangjie
ilb
Zhengma
tgxl
Four Corner
00227
Unicode
U+5eb8
Stroke Number Category
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