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- 14th most frequent character
- Adds ~0.57% to your reading coverage
- 3 dictionary entries
- Appears in 825 words
- Component in 15 characters
Decomposition
Pinyin & Meaning
1. zhōng (Zhong1)China • Chinese • surname Zhong
2. zhōng (zhong1)within • among • in • middle • center • while (doing sth) • during
3. zhòng (zhong4)to hit (the mark) • to be hit by • to suffer • to win (a prize, a lottery)
Pronunciation Clues
There are no phonetic clues for this character.
Example Words
Common
zhōng wǔ (zhong1 wu3)noon • midday • CL:個|个[ge4]
zhōng yāng (zhong1 yang1)central • middle • center • central authorities (of a state)
zhōng xīn (zhong1 xin1)center • heart • core • CL:個|个[ge4]
zhōng yì (Zhong1 Yi4)Sino-Italian
zhòng yì (zhong4 yi4)to take one's fancy • to be to one's liking
zhōng wén (Zhong1 wen2)Chinese • Chinese written language • Chinese writing
zhī zhōng (zhi1 zhong1)inside
qí zhōng (qi2 zhong1)among • in • included among these
gāo zhōng (gao1 zhong1)senior high school • abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]
Uncommon
zhōng jiè (zhong1 jie4)to act as intermediary • to link • intermediate • inter- • agency • agent
zhōng gòng (Zhong1 gong4)abbr. for Chinese Communist (party, regime etc)
zhōng nán hǎi (Zhong1 nan2 hai3)Zhongnanhai, to the West of the Forbidden City, now the Communist Party headquarters
zhōng yuán (zhong1 yuan2)the central plains of China • the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei • a plain
zhōng chǎng (zhong1 chang3)middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) • midfield • mid-court (in sports) • half-time • intermission half-way through a performance
zhōng wài (zhong1 wai4)Sino-foreign • Chinese-foreign • home and abroad
zhōng tiān (zhong1 tian1)culmination (astronomy)
zhōng shān (Zhong1 shan1)refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen • Nakayama, common Japanese surname (borrowed by Sun Yat-sen) • Zhongshan prefecture level city in Guangdong close to Sun Yat-Sen's birth-place
zhōng nián (zhong1 nian2)middle age
zhōng yōng (zhong1 yong1)doctrine of the mean
zhōng shì (zhong1 shi4)Chinese style
zhòng shì (zhong4 shi4)to pass an exam (or the imperial exam) • to qualify
zhōng xìng (zhong1 xing4)neutral
zhōng zhǐ (zhong1 zhi3)middle finger
zhōng fāng (Zhong1 fang1)the Chinese side (in an international venture)
zhōng xún (zhong1 xun2)middle third of a month
zhòng shǔ (zhong4 shu3)sunstroke • heatstroke
zhōng qī (zhong1 qi1)mid-term
zhōng shū (zhong1 shu1)center • backbone • hub (e.g. of transport network) • the central administration
zhòng dú (zhong4 du2)to be poisoned • poisoning
zhōng shí huà (Zhong1 shi2 hua4)China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec • abbr. of 中國石油化工股份有限公司|中国石油化工股份有限公司
zhōng qiū (Zhong1 qiu1)the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
zhōng lì (zhong1 li4)neutral
zhōng děng (zhong1 deng3)medium
zhōng lǎo nián (zhong1 lao3 nian2)middle and old age
zhòng kěn (zhong4 ken3)pertinent • apropos
zhōng háng (Zhong1 Hang2)abbr. for 中國銀行|中国银行[Zhong1 guo2 Yin2 hang2] Bank of China, BOC
zhōng xī (Zhong1 Xi1)China and the West • Chinese-Western
zhōng tú (zhong1 tu2)midway
zhōng yóu (zhong1 you2)the middle stretches of a river • middle level • middle echelon • midstream
zhōng bù (zhong1 bu4)middle part • central section
zhōng yī (Zhong1 yi1)traditional Chinese medical science • a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
zhōng fēng (zhong1 feng1)midfielder • center (basketball) • center forward (hockey, football)
zhōng guān cūn (Zhong1 guan1 cun1)Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Beijing University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores
zhōng cān (Zhong1 can1)Chinese meal • Chinese food • CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4]
chū zhōng (chu1 zhong1)junior high school
tái zhōng (Tai2 zhong1)Taizhong or Taichung city and county in central Taiwan
tái zhōng (Tai2 zhong1)Taizhong or Taichung city in central Taiwan
mìng zhòng (ming4 zhong4)to hit (a target)
mìng zhòng lǜ (ming4 zhong4 lu:4)hit rate • scoring rate
guó zhōng (guo2 zhong1)junior high school (Taiwan) • abbr. for 國民中學|国民中学[guo2 min2 zhong1 xue2]
dì zhōng hǎi (Di4 zhong1 hai3)Mediterranean sea
sūn zhōng shān (Sun1 Zhong1 shan1)Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 • same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙
jiā zhōng (jia1 zhong1)one's family
shì zhōng xīn (shi4 zhong1 xin1)city center • downtown
nián zhōng (nian2 zhong1)mid-year
xīn zhōng (xin1 zhong1)central point • in one's thoughts • in one's heart
yì zhōng rén (yi4 zhong1 ren2)sweetheart • one's true love • the person of one's thoughts
àn zhōng (an4 zhong1)in the dark • in secret • on the sly • surreptitiously
cāi zhòng (cai1 zhong4)to guess correctly • to figure out the right answer
mù zhōng wú rén (mu4 zhong1 wu2 ren2)to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters • condescending • to go about with one's nose in the air
kàn zhòng (kan4 zhong4)to have a preference for • to fancy • to choose after consideration • to settle on
kōng zhōng (kong1 zhong1)in the sky • in the air
měi zhōng bù zú (mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2)everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
tú zhōng (tu2 zhong1)en route
xuǎn zhòng (xuan3 zhong4)to choose • to pick • to settle upon • to decide upon a candidate • to be selected for some role
jí zhōng (ji2 zhong1)to concentrate • to centralize • to focus • centralized • concentrated • to put together
gāo zhōng shēng (gao1 zhong1 sheng1)senior high school student