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Pinyin zhōng、 zhòng

Radical

丨

Strokes

Definition

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / China / Chinese, hit (the mark)

Usage

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中 [zhōng] 名 1. 中心;当中，指一定范围内部适中的位置. (center) 2. 内，里面。与“外”相对. (among; between; inner; within) 3. 半;中途;半中腰. (half) 4. 方位名。泛指一个地区内或一个时期内，中间;居中. (in the middle; be placed in the middle) 5. 指宫禁之内。亦借指朝廷. (court) 6. 内心. (heart) 7. 中国的简称. (China) 8. 中国的本地人、居民或其后代. (Chinese) 9. 内脏. (internal organs) 10. 中介人. (go-between) 11. 姓. (surname) 形 1. 中等. (medium; intermediate) 2. 成，行，好. (all right) 3. 容易. (easy) 4. 合适，适当. (suitable; proper) 5. 不偏不倚，正. (right) 6. 通“忠”。忠诚. (honest) 动 1. 正对上;射中，正着目标. (fit exactly; hit) 2. 受到;遭到. (be hit by; fall into; hit home) 3. 造谣;中伤. (slander) 4. 合于;符合. (tally with; accord with) 5. 考取;录取. (pass an entrance examination; enroll) 6. 得到. (get) 中 [zhòng] 形 1. 满，充满. (full) 2. 通“仲”。位居第二的. (second) 3. 另见 zhōng. 中 [zhōng] 1. 恰好合上. (fit exactly) 2. 受到，遭受. (be hit by; suffer) 3. 科举考试被录取. (be admitted in the imperial examination)

命中 mìng zhòng

to hit (a target)

中和 zhōng hé

to neutralize / to counteract / neutralization (chemistry)

中叶 zhōng yè

mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period

口中 kǒu zhōng

In the mouth

中爪哇 Zhōng Zhǎo wā

Central Java, province of Indonesia

囊中 náng zhōng

In the bag

中山公园 Zhōng shān Gōng yuán

Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]

中坚 zhōng jiān

core / nucleus / backbone

中型 zhōng xíng

medium sized

大中型 dà zhōng xíng

large and medium-sized / large and medium-scaled

中华苏维埃共和国 Zhōng huá Sū wéi āi Gòng hé guó

Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937)

城中 chéng zhōng

in the city

中山堂 zhōng shān táng

Zhongshan Hall

中堂 zhōng táng

central scroll

塔中 tǎ zhōng

Tazhong area

中外 zhōng wài

Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad

中央委员 zhōng yāng wěi yuán

central committee member / Member of the Central Committee

中央集权 zhōng yāng jí quán

centralized state power

中央革命根据地 zhōng yāng gé mìng gēn jù dì

Central Revolutionary Base

中医 Zhōng yī

traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine

中午 zhōng wǔ

noon / midday / CL:個|个[ge4]

中华门 zhōng huá mén

Zhonghua Gate

华中 Huá zhōng

central China

中华鲟 zhōng huá xún

chinese sturgeon / acipenser sinensis

中华民国 Zhōng huá Mín guó

Republic of China

宫中 gōng zhōng

Miyaka

家中 jiā zhōng

at home

中密度 zhōng mì dù

medium density

中田英寿 zhōng tián yīng shòu

Hidetoshi Nakata

中将 zhōng jiàng

lieutenant general / vice admiral / air marshal

中尉 zhōng wèi

lieutenant (navy) / first lieutenant (army) / subaltern

中层 zhōng céng

middle-ranking

居中 jū zhōng

positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between

发展中国家 fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā

developing country

中山 Zhōng shān

refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen / Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace / Nakayama (Japanese surname)

中岳 Zhōng yuè

Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]

中军帐 zhōng jūn zhàng

Chinese military account

中庸 zhōng yōng

golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary

中庸之道 zhōng yōng zhī dào

doctrine of the mean / moderation in all things

切中时弊 qiè zhòng shí bì

to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter

刺中 cì zhòng

to hit with a piercing blow

击中 jī zhòng

to hit (a target etc) / to strike

怀中 huái zhōng

in one's arms

悲从中来 bēi cóng zhōng lái

overcome by feeling of sorrow / feel sadness welling up

房中 fáng zhōng

In the room

瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē

to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target / a turkey shoot

中旬 zhōng xún

middle third of a month

掌中 zhǎng zhōng

centre of the palm

冥冥之中 míng míng zhī zhōng

in the unseen world of spirits / mysteriously and inexorably

冥冥中 míng míng zhōng

In the dark

中冶 zhōng yě

China Metallurgical Group Corporation

八中 bā zhōng

Eight

六中 liù zhōng

Six Middle School

关中 Guān zhōng

Guanzhong plain in Shaanxi, valley of the Wei River 渭河

中兴 zhōng xīng

resurgence / recovery / restoration

冀中平原 jì zhōng píng yuán

Jizhong Plain

中断 zhōng duàn

to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt

中下旬 zhōng xià xún

mid-to-late / the middle ten days and the last ten days

上中旬 shàng zhōng xún

Early to mid

晋中 Jìn zhōng

Jinzhong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

中暑 zhòng shǔ

sunstroke / heatstroke

暗中 àn zhōng

in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously

中曾 zhōng céng

Nakazo

中期 zhōng qī

middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)

中药材 zhōng yào cái

traditional chinese medicinal materials

中关村 Zhōng guān cūn

Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores

杯中 bēi zhōng

In the cup

林中 lín zhōng

Forest

中枢神经 zhōng shū shén jīng

nervous centralis / nervus centralis

中枢 zhōng shū

center / backbone / hub (e.g. of transport network) / the central administration

中枢性 zhōng shū xìng

central

神经中枢 shén jīng zhōng shū

nerve center / neural center

中流砥柱 zhōng liú dǐ zhù

mainstay / cornerstone / tower of strength

中高档 zhōng gāo dàng

medium and high quality / middle and top grade

中档 zhōng dàng

intermediate rail

中路梆子 zhōng lù bāng zi

Middle Road Clapper

从中作梗 cóng zhōng zuò gěng

place obstacles in the way / create difficulties / hinder sb. from carring out a plan

榆中 Yú zhōng

Yuzhong county in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu

中规中矩 zhòng guī zhòng jǔ

conforming with the norms of society

中储 zhōng chǔ

Central Reserve

中欧 Zhōng Ōu

China-Europe (e.g. trading relations) / Central Europe

中止 zhōng zhǐ

to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue

正中 zhèng zhōng

middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub

中段 zhōng duàn

middle section / middle period / middle area / mid-

汉中 Hàn zhōng

Hanzhong prefecture-level city in Shaanxi

中洲 zhōng zhōu

Nakasu

中美洲 Zhōng Měi zhōu

Central America

地中海 Dì zhōng Hǎi

Mediterranean Sea

囊中羞涩 náng zhōng xiū sè

to be embarrassingly short of money

中游 zhōng yóu

the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream

中下游 zhōng xià yóu

middle and lower reaches

湖中 hú zhōng

In the lake

湟中县 Huáng zhōng xiàn

Huangzhong county in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1 ning2], Qinghai

湟中 Huáng zhōng

Huangzhong county in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1 ning2], Qinghai

中国台湾 zhōng guó tái wān

Taiwan, China

雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn

lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need

我中有你 wǒ zhōng yǒu nǐ

You in me

你中有我 nǐ zhōng yǒu wǒ

I am in you

中小企业 zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè

small and medium enterprise

中伏 zhōng fú

last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year

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