庸人

Chinese

		ordinary; to use	man; person; people
trad. (庸人)		庸	人
simp. #(庸人)		庸	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yongrén
    • Wade–Giles: yung¹-jên²
    • Yale: yūng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongren
    • Palladius: юнжэнь (junžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 傭人／佣人 庸人

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: yùhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 傭人／佣人 庸人 用人

Noun

庸人

1. mediocre person; ordinary person

Antonyms

• 偉人／伟人 (wěirén)

Derived terms

• 天下本無事，庸人自擾之／天下本无事，庸人自扰之 (tiānxià běn wúshì, yōngrén zì rǎo zhī)
• 庸人自擾／庸人自扰 (yōngrénzìrǎo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
庸	人
よう Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

庸(よう)人(じん) • (yōjin) 

1. a mediocre person; an ordinary person

Synonyms

• 凡人(ぼんじん) (bonjin)

Antonyms

• 偉(い)人(じん) (ijin, “great person”)

Related terms

• 庸(よう)夫(ふ) (yōfu) (mediocre man)
• 小(しょう)人物(じんぶつ) (shōjinbutsu)