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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *中* | 中* | *中
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *右* | 右* | *右
(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
HSK 1
center; heart; core
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *心* | 心* | *心
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 3
shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL: / the business world
HSK 1
central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state)
HSK 5
among / in the middle / in the center
HSK 3
urban district / downtown / city center
HSK 4
to revolve around / to center on (an issue)
HSK 5
(computing) data center
exam site; test center / key topic (to be tested in an exam)
(anatomy) nerve center
blood center
(neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
medical center
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
shopping center / department store
HSK 6
World Trade Center
command center
space center
city center / downtown
center of projection
(sports) midfielder; (basketball) center; (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
(sports) center-back
International Medical Center
China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局
Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper
temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center
philtrum / infranasal depression / the "human center" acupuncture point
(economics) standard; benchmark (as in 金本位 "gold standard") / one's own department or unit / central reference point; fundamental frame of reference (used after a noun N, indicates an N-centered outlook, as in 學校本位|学校本位 "school-centered approach")
center dash console / central dashboard
World Trade Center
to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle; to be in between / (page layout) to be centered
heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
amusement park / recreation center / entertainment center
(military) strategic town / (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc)
World Financial Center (New York City)
the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers
downtown area / city center
bathing and recreation center
Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
centered alignment (typography)
center / central point / focus
gym (health center)
to commission another organization (a school or training center etc) to train one's personnel (abbr. for 委托培養|委托培养)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *央* | 央* | *央
center / end / to beg / to plead
the middle of the month / (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心)
business center / commerce center
recycling center; waste materials collection depot / (computing) recycle bin
headquarters / military command center
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *僻* | 僻* | *僻
(bound form) remote / out of the way / off-center / eccentric
far from the center / remote / outlying
HSK 7-9
World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)
Northern Territory, sparsely populated federal territory extending from center to north of Australia
center of a lake
Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)
social occasion centered on alcohol; drinking party; drinking session
pleasure center
to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
center of target / bull's eye
center forward (soccer position)
center; hub / the central administration
Tianqiao district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong / Tianqiao district in Beijing, formerly a center of folk culture
call girl center
cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
research center
silverware store / jewelry center
distribution center
tour group assembly and dispatch center
holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest
center of gravity / central core / main part
HSK 7-9
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / abbr. for 疾病預防控製中心|疾病预防控制中心
shopping center
senior center
detention center / prison
call center
Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower / abbr. to 津塔
Beijing National Aquatics Center, swimming venue of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
arrogant idler / self-centered show-off
center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will
see 晉州市|晋州市 / Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty in 528, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市|临汾市 in Shanxi
middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub
food relief center / soup kitchen
Puxi, the area of Shanghai located west of the Huangpu River 黃浦江|黄浦江, known as the historic urban center of the city
center of circle
Ground Zero (refers to the site of the World Trade Center destroyed in 9-11-2001 attack)
drug rehabilitation center
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋 and 偏鋒|偏锋)
Kucha, ancient Silk Road kingdom and Buddhist center on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert (Han-Tang period), in present-day Aksu, Xinjiang
Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹄* | 鹄* | *鹄
center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) / goal / target
the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, located in Nanjing, est. 1986 (formally, the Johns Hopkins University – Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies)
theory proposed in 2019 on Chinese social media, centering on the idea of China replacing the United States as the dominant nation in a new world order, drawing an analogy with the Manchu overthrow of the Ming dynasty, achieved after the Qing army entered China via the Shanhai Pass 入關|入关
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *埗* | 埗* | *埗
wharf / dock / jetty / trading center / port / place name
base; center / basis; point of departure; starting point / (finance) basis point (abbr. for 基本點|基本点)
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗
postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutritionally balanced meals for mothers during the traditional month of rest after giving birth)
(mechanical engineering) dead point; dead center

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