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
- 中白鹭(中白鷺) intermediate egret
- 寓管理于服务之中(寓管理于服務之中) integrated services management
- 摘我园中蔬(摘我園中蔬) pick the vegetables growing in my garden
- 市中区(市中區) central city district
- 中央政府债券(中央政府債券) central government bonds
- 中英文对照(中英文對照) Chinese-English parallel texts
- 中外 Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign ; exterior surface ; central and regional
- 中等专业教育(中等專業教育) technical middle school education
- 中校 lieutenant colonel; commander
- 中国社会科学院(中國社會科學院) Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- 畅货中心(暢貨中心) outlet store
- 中军(中軍) main army ; the commander's quarters ; supervising commander
- 中草药(中草藥) Chinese herbal medicine
- 国际医疗中心(國際醫療中心) International Medical Center
- 震惊中外(震驚中外) to shock the whole world
- 中脊 mid-ocean ridge
- 中尉 Commandant-in-ordinary; lieutenant (navy); first lieutenant (army); subaltern
- 热中(熱中) to feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession; deep commitment
- 暗中 in secret ; in the dark
- 追寻现代中国(追尋現代中國) In search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷|史景迁
- 置中对齐(置中對齊) centered alignment (typography)
- 讯框中继(訊框中繼) frame relay (telecommunications)
- 中前卫(中前衛) center forward (soccer position)
- 简体中文(簡體中文) Simplified Chinese characters
- 击楫中流(擊楫中流) to strike an oar while crossing the stream; to make a resolution
- 中华曙猿 Chinese dawn monkey; Eosimias sinensis
- 中央纪委(中央紀委) The Central Party Discipline Committee
- 瓮中之鳖(甕中之鱉) lit. like a turtle in a jar; to be trapped
- 通信中心 communications center
- 中央集权(中央集權) centralized state power
- 中量级(中量級) middleweight
- 筐箧中物(筐篋中物) a commonplace thing
- 周中 weekday; midweek
- 田中 Tienchung ; Tanaka
- 指挥中心(指揮中心) command center
Also contained in
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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 志第三十 地理四 Volume 40 Treatises 34: Gepgraphy 4 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 140
- 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: 133
- 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: 122
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
- 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
- 门中 (門中) 死於門中 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
- 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
- 中宗 (中宗) 昔在殷王中宗 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease — 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