zhōng

in; within; middle

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 14th character
Radical ⼁ (2.3)
Strokes 4
Index # 113

Definitions

中 zhōng
  1. 1. in
  2. 2. within
  3. 3. middle
  4. 4. center
  5. 5. among
  6. 6. during
  7. 7. while (doing sth)
  8. 8. China
  9. 9. Chinese
  10. 10. all right
  11. 11. (dialect) OK
  12. 12. surname Zhong
中 zhòng
  1. 1. to hit (the mark)
  2. 2. to win (a prize, a lottery)
  3. 3. to be hit by
  4. 4. to suffer

Stroke order

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Words containing 中

Word Meaning
People's Republic of China
earthquake epicenter
(spoken) Chinese language
culmination (astronomy)
Zhongshan city in Guangdong; Sun Yat-sen
middle section; middle area; middle period
pleasant to the eye; Taiwan pr. zhòng kàn
to be embarrassingly short of money
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
quick witted in an emergency; able to react resourcefully
unrealistic plan; empty fantasy
Chinese Communist Party; CCP
neutron bomb
middle and elementary school
midstream
neutral country
repeater
middle ear
Chinese herbal medicine
moderate faction; middle ground; party of compromise
Kim Dae-jung, former South Korean president
Chinese person
centralized state power
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
Mid-Autumn Festival; Mid-Autumn time