Chinese symbol for “mediocrity”
庸才
yōng cái
mediocrity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mediocrity is 庸才 (yōng cái), defined as: mediocrity.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 庸才.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平庸 | píng yōng | mediocre; indifferent |
| 庸俗 | yōng sú | vulgar; tacky |
| 中庸 | zhōng yōng | golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre |
| 附庸 | fù yōng | vassal; dependent |
| 无庸 (無庸) | wú yōng | variant of 毋庸 (wú yōng) |
| 才能 | cái néng | talent; ability |
| 人才 | rén cái | talent; talented person |
| 刚才 (剛才) | gāng cái | just now; a moment ago |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mediocrity”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.