中庸

zhōngyōng

the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四书

nounadjective HSK 3.0 · Band 7

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他处事讲中庸之道。

He handles matters by the way of the mean.

中庸就是不表态吗?

Is the mean just refusing to take a side?