yōng
Pinyin

Definition

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yōng
  1. ordinary
  2. to use

Character Decomposition

Compounds (5)

yōng
  1. 1 lethargic
yōng
  1. 1 large bell
yōng
  1. 1 fortified wall
  2. 2 city wall
yōng
  1. 1 see also: 鳙鱼 yōng yú
Yōng
  1. 1 surname Yong
  2. 2 name of a feudal state

Related Words (17)

píng yōng
  1. 1 mediocre
  2. 2 indifferent
  3. 3 commonplace
Zhōng yōng
  1. 1 the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū]
yōng rén
  1. 1 mediocre person
yōng sú
  1. 1 vulgar
  2. 2 tacky
  3. 3 tawdry
Jīn Yōng
  1. 1 Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy

Idioms (3)

庸人庸福
yōng rén yōng fú
  1. 1 fools have good fortune (idiom)
庸人自扰
yōng rén zì rǎo
  1. 1 lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get upset over nothing
  3. 3 to make problems for oneself
登庸人才
dēng yōng rén cái
  1. 1 to employ talent (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不过现在他的实力可是毋庸置疑的。不仅是球队的核心球员,甚至有人觉得他是NBA的第一中锋。真想不到我们中国人能在NBA站住脚。像当年刚看NBA的时候,觉得球员脚下都装了弹簧,而且能在空中飞。那球玩得可真是出神入化。
bùguò xiànzài tā de shílì kěshì wúyōngzhìyí de 。bùjǐn shì qiúduì de héxīn qiúyuán ,shènzhì yǒurén juéde tā shì NBAde dìyī zhōngfēng 。zhēn xiǎngbùdào wǒmen zhōngguórén néng zài NBAzhànzhùjiǎo 。xiàng dāngnián gāng kàn NBAde shíhou ,juéde qiúyuán jiǎoxià dōu zhuāng le tánhuáng ,érqiě néng zài kōngzhōng fēi 。nà qiú wán de kě zhēnshì chūshénrùhuà 。
But now there is no question about his abilities. Not only is he a core player on the team. Some people go so far as to say he's the best center in the NBA. I really had no idea we Chinese could hold our own in the NBA. When I first started watching the NBA in the old days, I thought the players had springs on their feet and could fly through the air. They were truly incredible.
口渴了得喝水,当然毋庸置疑。可那是被动地喝水,我们还要主动地来补水,比如清早起床后喝杯温开水,有助于稀释血液,帮助肝肾代谢,排除体内废物,养颜又保健。
kǒukě le děi hēshuǐ ,dāngrán wúyōngzhìyí 。kě nà shì bèidòng de hēshuǐ ,wǒmen hái yào zhǔdòng de lái bǔ shuǐ ,bǐrú qīngzǎo qǐchuáng hòu hē bēi wēn kāishuǐ ,yǒuzhùyú xīshì xuèyè ,bāngzhù gān shèn dàixiè ,páichú tǐnèi fèiwù ,yǎngyán yòu bǎojiàn 。
Of course there's no question that if you're thirsty you should drink water. But that's drinking water in a passive way. We also have to be proactive in supplementing our water intake, like, for example, early in the morning when you get out of bed, drinking a glass of warm boiled water helps ease your circulation, as well as helping your liver and kidneys metabolize, to rid yourself of toxins, helping improve your skin and keeping you healthy.
那能不能叫李庸?
nà néngbùnéng jiào Lǐ Yōng ?
Well, could we call the baby ''Li Yong?"
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那金庸一点儿也不平庸啊。算了算了,那你说叫什么好吧?
nà JīnYōng yīdiǎnr yě bù píngyōng ā 。suànle suànle ,nà nǐ shuō jiào shénme hǎo ba ?
[Marital arts novelist] Jin Yong isn't mediocre at all. Forget it-- what do you think we should call the baby?
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你就知道武侠小说。还是否决。我可不想让孩子一辈子平庸。
nǐ jiù zhīdào wǔxiá xiǎoshuō 。hái shì fǒujué 。wǒ kě bù xiǎng ràng háizi yībèizi píngyōng 。
You only know about martial arts novels. I'm vetoing it. I definitely don't want the baby to be mediocre his whole life [the character ''yong" here implies ''middle."--Ed.]
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红花?那可是民间专门用来打胎的药!哪个太医这么昏庸?
hónghuā ?nà kě shì mínjiān zhuānmén yònglái dǎtāi de yào !něige tàiyī zhème hūnyōng ?
"The Red Flower?" Isn't that a folk remedy used specially for inducing a miscarriage? Which Imperial Physician could be so foolish?
不是昏庸,是有人故意做了手脚。这个人就是......
bù shì hūnyūn ,shì yǒurén gùyì zuòleshǒujiǎo 。zhège rén jiùshì ......
It's not stupidity-- it's someone intentionally tampering with it. That person is...
怎么什么事搁你嘴里都那么庸俗啊!杨贵妃的美是源自她的自信和内在气质!唐朝人以胖为美的审美观正好说明当时国富民强!
zěnme shénme shì gē nǐ zuǐ lǐ dōu nàme yōngsú a !Yáng guìfēi de měi shì yuánzì tā de zìxìn hé nèizài qìzhì !Tángcháo rén yǐpàngwéiměi de shěnměi guān zhènghǎo shuōmíng dāngshí guófùmínqiáng !
How come everything you say is so vulgar! Yang Guifei's beauty came from her self confidence and internal style. You can see why the country was rich and powerful during the time by looking at how they saw fat as a form of beauty!
比起其他孩子,混血儿从小在多语言,多文化的家庭环境中长大,有学习优势那是毋庸置疑的,不过肯定也会面临普通孩子所没有的烦恼。
bǐ qǐ qítā háizi ,húnxiěér cóngxiǎo zài duō yǔyán ,duō wénhuà de jiātíng huánjìng zhōng zhǎngdà ,yǒu xuéxí yòushì nà shì wúyōngzhìyí de ,bùguò kěndìng yě huì miànlín pǔtōng háizi suǒ méiyǒu de fánnǎo 。