中

zhōng

(bound form) China; Chinese

surname Zhong; within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right

a picture of 中 → a line striking through the center of a boundary

The original form shows a vertical line piercing straight through the center of a rectangular boundary, marking the exact middle. This image of hitting the center gave rise to both the spatial sense 'middle' and the cultural sense 'the central land,' i.e., China.

口+丨→中
丨A vertical stroke representing a lineSemantic
口An enclosureSemantic

他在人群中找到了自己的朋友。

tā zài rén qún zhōng zhǎo dào le zì jǐ de péng yǒu 。

He found his own friend among the crowd.

我们在谈话中慢慢了解了彼此。

wǒ men zài tán huà zhōng màn màn liǎo jiě le bǐ cǐ 。

We slowly came to understand each other during the conversation.

Words with 中

中段

zhōng duàn

middle section; middle period; middle area; mid-

中爪哇

zhōng zhǎo wā

Central Java, province of Indonesia

乐在其中

lè zài qí zhōng

to take pleasure in sth (idiom)

中国国际贸易促进委员会

zhōng guó guó jì mào yì cù jìn wěi yuán huì

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

中印

zhōng yìn

China-India

中新社

zhōng xīn shè

China News Service (CNS) (abbr. for 中國新聞社|中国新闻社[Zhong1 guo2 Xin1 wen2 she4])

中石化

zhōng shí huà

abbr. for 中國石油化工股份有限公司|中国石油化工股份有限公司

罗贯中

luó guàn zhōng

Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works

中信银行

zhōng xìn yín háng

China CITIC Bank

中央政府

zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ

central government

中小企业

zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè

small and medium enterprise

中央研究院

zhōng yāng yán jiū yuàn

Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei

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