zhōng

中

middle / center

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Meaning, words & where you learn it

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Words with 中

中国 Zhōng guó China HSK 1
中间 zhōng jiān the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among HSK 1
中午 zhōng wǔ noon; midday HSK 1
中学 zhōng xué middle school HSK 1
中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language HSK 1
中学生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student; high school student HSK 1
其中 qí zhōng among; in HSK 2
中心 zhōng xīn center; heart HSK 2
心中 xīn zhōng central point; in one's thoughts HSK 2
高中 gāo zhōng senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 HSK 2
中年 zhōng nián middle age HSK 2
中餐 zhōng cān lunch; Chinese meal HSK 2

Examples from your lessons

  • 你去过中国吗? Have you ever been to China? Lesson 24
  • 中午你有时间吗?我们一起吃饭吧。 Are you free at noon? Let's eat together. Lesson 105
  • 我们中午一起吃面条儿吧。 Let's have noodles together at noon. Lesson 106
  • 王老师教我们中文。 Teacher Wang teaches us Chinese. Lesson 107
  • 我在北京的一个中学上学。 I go to a middle school in Beijing. Lesson 107
  • 我坐在爸爸和妈妈中间。 I sit between Dad and Mom. Lesson 108

Character facts

Radical
丨 number one; line
Parts
口 + 丨
Structure
Overlaid
Unicode
U+4E2D

Ideographic: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口