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平庸

píng yōng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

平庸 (píng yōng) means "mediocre; indifferent; commonplace". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 平庸 means

1. mediocre
2. indifferent
3. commonplace

The characters in 平庸

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 庸yōngordinary; to use

Words starting with 平庸

• 平庸之恶píng yōng zhī è(philosophy) banal evil
• 平庸之辈píng yōng zhī bèia nobody; a nonentity

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