中庸 zhōng yōng — golden mean (Confucianism)

Meanings

1. 1

   golden mean (Confucianism)

   golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary

   noun

Character breakdown

• 中

  zhōng (first tone, high and level) zhòng (fourth tone, falling)

  middle, centre; in, among, within; China (in 中国); (zhòng) to hit the mark, to be hit by

  4 strokes⿻口丨Radical 丨

Words containing 中

• 中zhōng (first tone, high and level)within; among; in
• 中国/中國Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level)China
• 其中qí (second tone, rising) zhōng (first tone, high and level)among
• 中心zhōng (first tone, high and level) xīn (first tone, high and level)center
• 中间/中間zhōngjiān (first tone, high and level)the middle, in between
• 中文Zhōngwén (first tone, high and level)Chinese (the language, especially written)
• 集中jí (second tone, rising) zhōng (first tone, high and level)to concentrate
• 之中zhī (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)inside
• 中午zhōngwǔ (first tone, high and level)midday, noon
• 中央zhōng (first tone, high and level) yāng (first tone, high and level)central
• 心中xīn (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)central point
• 高中gāo (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)senior high school
• 当中/當中dāng (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)among
• 空中kōng (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)in the sky
• 中学/中學zhōng (first tone, high and level) xué (second tone, rising)middle school
• 中毒zhòng (fourth tone, falling) dú (second tone, rising)to be poisoned
• 从中/從中cóng (second tone, rising) zhōng (first tone, high and level)from within
• 途中tú (second tone, rising) zhōng (first tone, high and level)en route