中庸 meaning in English
golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre
Meaning of 中庸
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zhōngyōng
- golden mean (Confucianism)
- (literary) (of person) mediocre
- ordinary
Zhōngyōng
- the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]
中庸 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
凡事行中庸之道。
Moderation in all things.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
中 zhōng · within · 4 strokes
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庸 yōng · usual · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 中庸.
| 中国 | Zhōngguó | China |
| 中间 | zhōngjiān | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among |
| 中午 | zhōngwǔ | noon; midday |
| 中学 | zhōngxué | middle school |
| 中文 | Zhōngwén | Chinese language |
| 中学生 | zhōngxuéshēng | middle-school student; high school student |
| 其中 | qízhōng | among; in |
| 中心 | zhōngxīn | center; heart; core |
| 高中 | gāozhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]) |
| 心中 | xīnzhōng | central point; in one's thoughts |
| 中年 | zhōngnián | middle age |
| 中餐 | zhōngcān | lunch; Chinese meal; Chinese food |
Questions about 中庸
What does 中庸 mean?
中庸 (zhōngyōng) means "golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre" and is used as a noun and adjective.
How do you write 中庸?
中庸 is made of 2 characters: 中 (4 strokes), 庸 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 中庸 an HSK word?
Yes. 中庸 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.