中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中庸
zhōngyōng
the Doctrine of the Mean; moderation
Characters in this word
庸 yōng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 中庸并不意味着没有原则，而是在极端选择之间寻找合乎情理的尺度。 Zhōngyōng bìng bù yìwèizhe méiyǒu yuánzé, ér shì zài jíduān xuǎnzé zhījiān xúnzhǎo héhū qínglǐ de chǐdù. Moderation does not mean having no principles, but seeking a reasonable measure between extreme choices.
- 做事太极端不好，还是要讲一点中庸。 Zuò shì tài jíduān bù hǎo, háishi yào jiǎng yīdiǎn zhōngyōng. Doing things too extremely is not good; one should still keep some sense of moderation.
- 他的管理风格中庸，既不激进也不保守。 Tā de guǎnlǐ fēnggé zhōngyōng, jì bù jījìn yě bù bǎoshǒu. His management style is moderate, neither radical nor conservative.
Related words
- 中 zhōng middle, center; in, during
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 中文 Zhōngwén Chinese (language)
- 中午 zhōngwǔ noon, midday
- 中学 zhōngxué middle school
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student
- 高中 gāozhōng senior high school
- 其中 qízhōng among them
- 心中 xīnzhōng in one's heart
- 中餐 zhōngcān Chinese food
- 中级 zhōngjí intermediate level