中
Meaning
- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
Example sentence
我中奖了。
I won the lottery.
The character 中
中 is a line through the middle of a box. The centre — 中间, 中午 midday, 其中 among them — and the Middle Kingdom, 中国, which gives 中文, 中餐 and 中学. Read zhòng it means to hit the mark.
Words containing 中
- 中国 Zhōng guó China
- 中间 zhōng jiān the middle; the inside
- 中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language
- 中午 zhōng wǔ noon
- 中学 zhōng xué middle school
- 中学生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student
- 高中 gāo zhōng senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学)
- 其中 qí zhōng among
- 心中 xīn zhōng central point
- 中餐 zhōng cān lunch
- 中级 zhōng jí middle level (in a hierarchy)
- 中年 zhōng nián middle age
- 中小学 zhōng xiǎo xué middle and elementary school
- 中心 zhōng xīn center; heart; core
- 中医 Zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science
- 初中 chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学)
- 当中 dāng zhōng among
- 集中 jí zhōng to concentrate
- 中部 zhōng bù middle part; central section; central region
- 中华民族 Zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation
- 期中 qī zhōng interim
- 途中 tú zhōng en route