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中 zhōng

central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese

Strokes
4
Level
HSK 1
Radical
丨
Type
Ideograph
Made of 口丨 ⿻口丨

Memory hint: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口

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  1. 他是中国人。
    Tā shì Zhōngguórén.
    He is Chinese.
    he is chinese-person
  2. 你会说中文吗？
    Nǐ huì shuō Zhōngwén ma?
    Can you speak Chinese?
    you can speak chinese (question)
  3. 我们中午一起吃饭吧。
    Wǒmen zhōngwǔ yìqǐ chīfàn ba.
    Let's eat lunch together at noon.
    we noon together eat-meal (suggestion)
  4. 现在还不到中午。
    Xiànzài hái bú dào zhōngwǔ.
    It's not noon yet.
    now still not reach noon
  5. 中午十二点，我们在中间那家饭馆见。
    Zhōngwǔ shí'èr diǎn, wǒmen zài zhōngjiān nà jiā fànguǎn jiàn.
    At noon at twelve, let's meet at the restaurant in the middle.
    noon twelve o'clock, we at middle that (measure) restaurant meet

Words with 中 (18)