yōng

ordinary

to use

shelter (广) + claw-hook (彐) + sound yōng (用) = ordinary

广 evokes a broad, open shelter — something common and unremarkable. 用 is phonetic, lending the sound yōng; 彐 is a structural filler and carries no independent meaning here.

广++
广A broad shelterSemantic
A stylized clawSemantic
To usePhonetic

他是一个平的学生,成绩总是一般。

tā shì yī gè píng yōng de xué shēng,chéng jī zǒng shì yī bān。

He is an ordinary student whose grades are always average.

这家公司不能容忍碌无为的员工。

zhè jiā gōng sī bù néng róng rěn yōng lù wú wéi de yuán gōng。

This company cannot tolerate employees who are mediocre and accomplish nothing.

Words with 庸

金庸

jīn yōng

Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy

附庸

fù yōng

vassal

附庸风雅

fù yōng fēng yǎ

(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti

中庸

zhōng yōng

the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]

中庸之道

zhōng yōng zhī dào

doctrine of the mean

凡庸

fán yōng

ordinary

大庸

dà yōng

Dayong, former name of Zhangjiajie 張家界|张家界[Zhang1 jia1 jie4], Hunan

居庸关

jū yōng guān

Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]

平庸

píng yōng

mediocre

平庸之恶

píng yōng zhī è

(philosophy) banal evil

平庸之辈

píng yōng zhī bèi

a nobody

庸人

yōng rén

mediocre person

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