平庸 píngyōng▶ tầm thường

Stroke order

平庸 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 平 — 5 strokes
• 庸 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. mediocre
2. indifferent
3. commonplace

Related words

• 平凡bình thường
• 平原đồng bằng; đơn giản
• 平坦bằng phẳng, căn hộ
• 平行Song song
• 平面máy bay; mặt phẳng
• 庸俗tầm thường; kém sang

平庸 is pronounced píngyōng and means “tầm thường”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 平庸 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.