Ordinary or commonplace; lacking in talent or quality.

(literary) To use or employ; often used in the negative to mean there is no need for something.

(literary) Used to form a rhetorical question, similar to "how" or "could it be that...".

(literary) Merit or achievement; contribution

(literary) Hired worker or servant

A Chinese surname

(literary) To reward for services or compensate for merit; to pay for work done