庸 yōng
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yōng
adjective
ordinary; normal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: yowng; In this sense 庸 is similar in meaning to 平常 (Kroll 2015 '庸' 2; GHDC '庸' 1) -
yōng
particle
interrogative particle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 庸 may be used to from questions, like simplified 岂, traditional 豈, in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 144; Kroll 2015 '庸' 4). -
yōng
verb
to use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 庸 is similar in meaning to 用 (Kroll 2015 '庸' 1; GHDC '庸' 9). -
yōng
verb
to appoint
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 庸 is similar in meaning to 任用 (GHDC '庸' 3). -
yōng
verb
to work for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 庸 is similar in meaning to 功劳 (Kroll 2015 '庸' 3; GHDC '庸' 2). -
yōng
noun
a large bell
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 庸 is a variant of 镛 (Kroll 2015 '庸' 6).
Contained in
- 中庸 Doctrine of the Mean ; to treat people impartially ; mediocre ; obese
- 居庸关(居庸關) Juyongguan
- 庸庸碌碌 ordinary; mediocre
- 毋庸 no need for
- 庸材 a mediocre person
- 庸人 mediocre person
- 中庸之道 doctrine of the mean; moderation in all things
- 附庸风雅(附庸風雅) (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti; to pose as a culture lover; to be a culture snob; having pretensions to culture
- 平庸之辈(平庸之輩) a nobody; a nonentity
- 凡庸 ordinary
- 庸医(庸醫) quack; charlatan
- 昏庸 muddle headed
- 庸中佼佼 exceptional
- 庸俗 filthy; vulgar; debased
- 庸碌无能(庸碌無能) mediocre and incompetent
- 庸俗化 debasement; vulgarization
- 平庸 mediocre; indifferent; commonplace
- 庸遽 interrogative particle
- 登庸人才 to employ talent
- 大庸 Dayong, former name of Zhangjiajie 張家界|张家界, Hunan
- 庸田 second quality pastures
- 附庸 a vassal
- 庸碌 mediocre; mediocre person
- 庸才 a mediocre person
- 庸人庸福 fools have good fortune
- 庸人自扰(庸人自擾) silly people get their panties in a bunch; to get upset over nothing; to make problems for oneself
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- 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 44
- 卷三百二十一 列傳第二百〇九 外國二 安南 Volume 321 Biographies 209: Foreign States 2 - Annan History of Ming 明史 — count: 33
- 卷一百四十四 列傳第三十二 盛庸 平安 何福 顧成 Volume 144 Biographies 32: Cheng Yong, Ping An, He Fu, Gu Cheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 32
- 卷一百九十八 列傳第八十六 楊一清 王瓊 彭澤 毛伯溫 翁萬達 Volume 198 Biographies 86: Yang Yiqing, Wang Qiong, Peng Ze, Mao Bowen, Weng Wanda History of Ming 明史 — count: 24
- 卷一百二十七 列傳第十五 李善長 汪廣洋 Volume 127 Biographies 15: Li Shanzhang, Wang Guangyang History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
- 卷一百三十一 列傳第十九 顧時 吳楨 薛顯 郭興 陳德 王志 梅思祖 金朝興 唐勝宗 陸仲亨 費聚 陸聚 鄭遇春 黃彬 葉昇 Volume 131 Biographies 19: Gu Shi, Wu Zhen, Xue Xian, Guo Xing, Chen De, Wang Zhi, Mei Sizu, Jin Chaoxing, Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng, Fei Ju, Lu Ju, Zheng Yuchun, Huang Bin, Ye Sheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 17
- 卷五 本紀第五 成祖一 Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 16
- 卷四 本紀第四 恭閔帝 Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Gongming History of Ming 明史 — count: 16
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 15
- 卷一百二十九 列傳第十七 Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Liao Yongzhong, Yang Jing, Hu Mei Volume 129 Biographies 17: Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Liao Yongzhong, Yang Jing, Hu Mei History of Ming 明史 — count: 12
Collocations
- 庸能 (庸能) 其庸能一人之上也 — Guanzi 管子, 戒第二十六 Chapter 26: Jie Di — count: 8
- 弥庸 (彌庸) 王孫彌庸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
- 庸可 (庸可) 晉其庸可冀乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
- 烛庸 (燭庸) 燭庸之越駟乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 灭庸 (滅庸) 滅庸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
- 舒庸 (舒庸) 楚人滅舒庸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
- 克庸 (剋庸) 夏王弗克庸德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 咸有一德 Shang Shu - Common Possession of Pure Virtue — count: 4
- 庸庸 (庸庸) 庸庸 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 4
- 庸知 (庸知) 庸知愈乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
- 庸器 (庸器) 典庸器 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 4