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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:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 31,837 23,374 14,773

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhōng- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
zhōng- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
zhòng- to hit (the mark)
- to be hit by
- to suffer
- to win (a prize, a lottery)
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 (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
中庸 - 9 31,837 23,374 14,773