庸 yōng usual
usual; common; ordinary; mediocre
怎么记住“庸”: 广 broad + 肀 writing brush + 月 moon = usual. Under the broad roof at the bus stop, the poet takes out his writing brush and paints the moon again, as usual.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
庸 = 广 broad + 肀 writing brush + 月 moon
- 广 broad
- 肀 writing brush
- 月 moon
Under the broad roof at the bus stop, the poet takes out his writing brush and paints the moon again, as usual.
How it came to be
The oldest form probably wrote the word for a large bell.
用法
- Mediocre/ordinary: 平庸 (píngyōng) run-of-the-mill, 庸俗 (yōngsú) vulgar/philistine, 庸医 (yōngyī) a quack doctor.
- 中庸 (zhōngyōng) = the Confucian Golden Mean; 庸人自扰 (yōngrén-zìrǎo) = to worry oneself needlessly.
- Usually mildly derogatory outside 中庸.
含“庸”的词语
例句
- 毋庸置疑，她是班里最好的学生。 Wúyōng zhìyí, tā shì bān lǐ zuì hǎo de xuésheng.She's undoubtedly the best student in the class.