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
Chinese dress
China and the West; Chinese-Western
Midway Islands
junior middle school; junior high school
city central district
Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
Tanaka Kakuei, former Japanese prime minister
see only a small part; have a narrow view
lit. candle in the wind (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble
party central committee
one China and one Taiwan (policy)
One-China principle on Taiwan and China
One-China principle; Taiwan as part of China
one China policy
one China policy
to say something spot on (idiom)
to say sth spot on; to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
to say sth spot on; to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
Samuel Ting, Nobel Prize physicist
third plenary session of CCP Central Committee
Third Plenum of CCP Central Committee
Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper
Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper
not to one's liking
useless; no good; unfit for anything