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
- 中日韩越(中日韓越) China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
- 中国剩余定理(中國剩餘定理) Chinese remainder theorem
- 中华全国体育总会(中華全國體育總會) All-China Sports Federation
- 中学(中學) middle school ; traditional Chinese education
- 眼中 in one's eyes
- 中饱私囊(中飽私囊) to stuff one's pockets; to take bribes
- 中美洲 Central America
- 切中要害 to hit the target and do real damage; to hit where it hurts; to hit home
- 中国残联(中國殘聯) China Disabled Persons' Federation
- 个中人(個中人) a person in the know
- 疾病预防中心(疾病預防中心) Center for Disease Control (US)
- 中盘股(中盤股) (share trading) mid-cap
- 囊中取物 as easy as reaching for it from a bag; in the bag; (as good as) in one's possession
- 集中 to concentrate; to centralize; to focus
- 中巴 minibus
- 重中之重 of the utmost importance; of highest priority
- 百发百中(百發百中) a hundred shots, a hundred hits; execute a task with great precision
- 之中 inside ; among ; in the midst of (doing something); during
- 中弹(中彈) hit by a bullet; shot
- 便中 at one's convenience; when it's convenient
- 中辍(中輟) to stop halfway; to give up halfway; interruption; suspension
- 中气层顶(中氣層頂) mesopause; top of mesosphere
- 中石器时代(中石器時代) Mesolithic Era
- 中心语(中心語) modified word; qualified word
- 能中之与(能中之與) Would that be correct?
- 山中宰相 Grand Councilor from the mountains
- 中华电(中華電) Chunghwa Telecom
- 汞中毒 mercury poisoning
- 中指 middle finger
Also contained in
中郎将 、 台中县 、 中国抗日战争 、 中央军事委员会 、 中国共产党第十六次全国代表大会 、 蒋中正 、 中国作协 、 台中 、 呼中区 、 中国北方工业公司 、 中站 、 中原区 、 中西区 、 中港 、 汉中市 、 中共中央宣传部 、 中都 、 中国共产党中央委员会 、 资中 、 科右中旗 、 兴中会 、 晋中市
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
- 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
- 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
- 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: 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
- 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