中 zhōng
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zhōng
noun
middle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '中' n 1; Kroll 2015 '中' 1, p. 611) -
zhōng
adjective
medium; medium sized
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: This sense of 中 is used in both modern and classical Chinese (Kroll 2015 '中' 2). For example, in literary Chinese 煨:盆中火。 'Wēi: an intermediate sized fire.' (Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Huǒ Radical 說文解字‧火部; Guoyu '中' adj 2) -
zhōng
proper noun
China
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: An abbreviation for 中国 (Guoyu '中' n 4) -
zhòng
verb
to hit the mark
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 中 is often used in the construction 打中. For example, ... 击球打中志愿者 '... struck the ball hitting a volunteer' (news.qtv.com.cn, Qingdao TV, 2015-11-06) 中 is used in this sense in both modern and classical Chinese (Guoyu '中' zhòng v 2; Kroll 2015 '中' 3, p. 611). -
zhōng
preposition
in; amongst
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: May be classified as a localizer because it can be appended to some nouns as a suffix to indicate location. -
zhōng
noun
midday
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
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zhōng
noun
inside
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 内 or 里面; in literary Chinese, 中:內也。 'zhōng: inside.' (Shuo Wen Jie Zi, gǔn Radical 說文解字‧丨部; Guoyu '中' n 2; Kroll 2015 '中' 1, p. 611) -
zhōng
noun
during
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Within a time period; for example, 布什总统在演讲中 'In the middle of President Bush's speech ...' (VOA 2007-7-5 'The Red Mosque'; Guoyu '中' n 3; Kroll 2015 '中' 1, p. 611) -
zhōng
proper noun
Zhong
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '中' n 5) -
zhōng
adjective
intermediary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 中人 'intermediary' (Guoyu '中' adj 1) -
zhōng
adjective
half
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 半; as in 中途 'halfway' (Guoyu '中' adj 3) -
zhōng
adverb
just right; suitably
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 正好 (Guoyu '中' adv 1) -
zhōng
adverb
while
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: During a process or movement (Guoyu '中' adv 2) -
zhòng
verb
to reach; to attain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 达到要点 (Guoyu '中' zhòng v 1) -
zhòng
verb
to suffer; to infect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 遭受 or 感染; for example, 中毒 'to be poisoned' (Guoyu '中' zhòng v 3) -
zhòng
verb
to obtain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 得; for example, 中奖 'to win a prize' (Guoyu '中' zhòng v 3) -
zhòng
verb
to pass an exam
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 考取; as in 考中 (Guoyu '中' zhòng v 4)
Contained in
- 同道中人 kindred spirit
- 中伏 last ten days of July and first ten days of August
- 中贼鸥(中賊鷗) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
- 中保 advocate
- 中信银行(中信銀行) China CITIC Bank (name of a bank)
- 中原 the Central Plains of China
- 中国工商银行(中國工商銀行) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
- 酒精中毒 alcoholism; alcohol poisoning
- 陆军中尉(陸軍中尉) lieutenant
- 中华全国总工会(中華全國總工會) All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
- 天中 in the middle of the sky ; a fortunetelling term for a feature on the forehead
- 畅货中心(暢貨中心) outlet store
- 中国通(中國通) China watcher; an expert on China; an old China hand
- 内中(內中) within it; among them
- 中澳 China-Australia (relations)
- 血中毒 blood poisoning
- 发展中(發展中) developing; under development; in the pipeline
- 商业中心(商業中心) business center; commerce center
- 秀外慧中 good-looking and intelligent
- 中餐馆(中餐館) Chinese restaurant
- 从中(從中) from; out of
- 中英文对照(中英文對照) Chinese-English parallel texts
- 冢中枯骨(塚中枯骨) dried bones in burial mound; dead and buried
- 中水 recycled water
- 庸中佼佼 exceptional
- 水中摄影(水中攝影) underwater photography
- 中暑 sunstroke; heatstroke
- 医学中心(醫學中心) medical center
- 中国制造(中國製造) made in China
Also contained in
中央党校 、 中州集 、 台中县 、 中国农业银行 、 中远太平洋 、 浙江省社会科学院宗教研究中心 、 中港 、 中国共产党 、 太中大夫 、 中站区 、 中央公园 、 中兴新村 、 中俄北京条约 、 中国移动通信 、 中京 、 中间语态 、 国立中山大学 、 中卫市 、 中华人民共和国国家发展和改革委员会 、 行中书省 、 黔中郡 、 中央执行委员会
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 180
- 卷六十三 表第三 宰相下 Volume 63 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 156
- 卷27 志第22 百官中 Volume 27 Treatises 22: Government Offices 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 155
- 卷26 志第21 百官上 Volume 26 Treatises 21: Government Offices 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 144
- 卷四十 志第三十 地理四 Volume 40 Treatises 34: Gepgraphy 4 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 144
- 卷六十二 志第十四: 地理五 Volume 62 Treatises 15: Geography 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 141
- 卷四十一 志第三十一 地理五 Volume 41 Treatises 35: Gepgraphy 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 139
- 卷六十一 表第一 宰相上 Volume 61 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 134
- 卷二十七上 志第十七上 曆三上 Volume 27a Treatises 18: Calendar 3a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 129
- 卷五十八 志第十: 地理一 Volume 58 Treatises 11: Geography 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 123
Collocations
- 中谷 (中谷) 施于中谷 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧葛覃 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ge Tan — count: 8
- 桑中 (桑中) 桑中 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧桑中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Sang Zhong — count: 7
- 丘中 (丘中) 丘中有麻 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧丘中有麻 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Qiu Zhong You Ma — count: 6
- 方中 (方中) 日之方中 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧簡兮 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Jian Xi — count: 5
- 王中 (王中) 昔在殷王中宗 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease — count: 4
- 中中 (中中) 厥田惟中中 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 4
- 中林 (中林) 施于中林 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧兔罝 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Tu Ju — count: 3
- 赋中 (賦中) 厥賦中上 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 3
- 中冓 (中冓) 中冓之言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧牆有茨 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Qiang You Ci — count: 3
- 火中 (火中) 火中成軍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3