HSK 6 · Adjectives

平庸 píngyōng “mediocre” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 平庸 means

  1. mediocre
  2. commonplace
  3. indifferent

How to say 平庸

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale平píng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale庸yōng1st tone, high and level

平庸 in a sentence

  1. 他不想过平庸的生活。

    Tā bù xiǎng guò píngyōng de shēnghuó.

    He doesn’t want to lead an ordinary, unremarkable life.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这部电影的故事很平庸。

    Zhè bù diànyǐng de gùshi hěn píngyōng.

    The story of this film is very mediocre.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 平庸 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 平 (píng) with each of its parts in a different colour
平píngflat; level; smooth
  • 干dry · gān
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
The character 庸 (yōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
庸yōngordinary
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 用use · yòngSound part

How to write 平庸

平 5 strokes · 庸 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

平庸 (píngyōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 平庸 (píngyōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 平庸

Words with 平

水平shuǐpíng · level平时píngshí · ordinarily平píng · flat平常píngcháng · ordinary平衡pínghéng · balance平均píngjūn · average平安píng'ān · safe and sound公平gōngpíng · fair平等píngděng · equal平静píngjìng · calm

Words with 庸

庸俗yōngsú · vulgar

More words: Adjectives

频繁pínfán · frequent平凡píngfán · ordinary平坦píngtǎn · flat平行píngxíng · parallel朴实pǔshí · plain朴素pǔsù · plain恰当qiàdàng · appropriate恰到好处qiàdàohǎochù · just right

FAQs

平庸 (píngyōng) means “mediocre” or “commonplace”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it píngyōng: píng with a 2nd tone, then yōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 平庸 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingyong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 平庸 from the suggestions. Typing pingyong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
平庸 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.