庸 yōng

1. 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)
2. 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).
3. 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).
4. 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).
5. 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).
6. 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

Also contained in

租庸 、 金庸 、 中庸章句

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 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