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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 中庸
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 中庸 | zhōng yōng | - the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] |
| 中庸 | zhōng yōng | - golden mean (Confucianism) - (literary) (of person) mediocre - ordinary |
List Ranking for: 中庸
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 7 | 31,837 | 23,374 | 14,773 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 中 | zhōng | - (bound form) China; Chinese - surname Zhong |
| 中 | zhōng | - within; among; in - middle; center - while (doing sth); during - (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 | zhòng | - to hit (the mark) - to be hit by - to suffer - to win (a prize, a lottery) |
| 庸 | yōng | - ordinary - to use |
Other Words Containing 中庸
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 中庸 | - | 7 | 31,837 | 23,374 | 14,773 |