Chinese word dictionary

凡庸

fán yōng · ordinary; mediocre

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Word information

Simplified凡庸

Traditional凡庸

Pinyinfán yōng

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Character breakdown

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凡fán

any, every, all; common, ordinary

庸yōng

usual, common, ordinary, mediocre

How to learn 凡庸

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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凡是fánshì

each and every; every; all; any

平凡píngfán

commonplace; ordinary; mediocre

非凡fēifán

out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)

平庸píngyōng

mediocre; indifferent; commonplace

庸俗yōngsú

vulgar; tacky; tawdry

中庸zhōngyōng

golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary; the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]