| 庸 | 894A10 61.42-2 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄩㄥ [yong1] (also ㄩㄥˊ [yong2] ). | ||
| Vb.aux. | With negative to form 無庸 there's no need to, esp. in documentary style: 應無庸議 (the matter) need not be considered; 無庸 need not; 安庸 where's the need to? | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Common, mediocre: 平庸，凡庸 common, trite, middling: 庸才，庸俗 [yong2cai2], [yong2su2]↓; 庸人自擾 all unnecessary fuss made by the simple-minded; 庸中佼佼 distinguished from the common run. (2) Moderate, not extreme, not too much of anything: 中庸 22.22; 庸言，庸行 [yong2yan2], [yong2xing4]↓. | |||||
| Adv. | (LL) how, used in 庸可 how could; 庸詎 (also 庸遽, LL, rare) how could it be, could it be that? 庸詎不知乎could it be that he didn't know about it? 庸何傷 what is the harm, what harm could it be? | |||||
| Words | 1. 庸闇 [yong2an4], adj., dull and muddle-headed, insipid (person). 2. 庸碌 [yong2lu4], adj., very ordinary, mediocre. 3. 庸人 [yong2ren2], n., a common, unenlightened man. 4. 庸行 [yong2xing4], n., (AC) the conventional conduct (with implied common sense). 5. 庸虛 [yong2xU1], adj., (court. self-reference) so common and having no special ability. 6. 庸俗 [yong2su2], adj., vulgar, conventional. 7. 庸才 [yong2cai2], n., a mediocre man: 碌碌庸才 ditto. 8. 庸言 [yong2yan2], n., (AC) common saying (with implied common sense). 9. 庸醫 [yong2yi1], n., incompetent physician. 10. 庸庸 [yong2yong1], adj., (1) common, undistinguished; 庸庸碌碌 [yong2lu4]↑. (2) (AC) bustling about. | |||||