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  *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
shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL: / the business world
HSK 1
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  *中* | 中* | *中
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right
HSK 1
center; heart; core
HSK 2
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  *心* | 心* | *心
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 3
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
central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state)
HSK 5
shopping center / department store
HSK 6
center of gravity / central core / main part
HSK 7-9
far from the center / remote / outlying
HSK 7-9
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
a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center / fig. a treasure
drug rehabilitation center
philtrum / infranasal depression / the "human center" acupuncture point
center of a lake
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
China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)
gym (health center)
face-centered cubic (FCC) (math.)
center of projection
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苑* | 苑* | *苑
(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc)
city center / downtown
shopping center
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  *埗* | 埗* | *埗
wharf / dock / jetty / trading center / port / place name
(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
the middle of the month / (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心)
arrogant idler / self-centered show-off
Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest
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
food relief center / soup kitchen
detention center
cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
(sports) midfielder; (basketball) center; (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋
distribution depot / staging post / transit center
base; centre / basis; point of departure; starting point / (finance) basis point
middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub
center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will
(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 / central point / focus
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  *央* | 央* | *央
center / end / to beg / to plead
downtown area / city center
center of circle
dead center; the very middle
old city district / historical center
Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封|开封
World Trade Center
detention center / prison
(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)
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  *僻* | 僻* | *僻
(bound form) remote / out of the way / off-center / eccentric
children's center / children's club
Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗
salvage station; recycling center
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia / also Urat Front, Center and Rear banners
to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle; to be in between / (page layout) to be centered
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  *鵠* | 鵠* | *鵠
center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) / goal / target
person in charge of a train station 車站|车站 (stationmaster), website 網站|网站 (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站 (center manager), etc
center of target / bull's eye
food relief center / soup kitchen
(neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")
Xichang Satellite Launch Center / see 西昌市
Urat Center banner or Urdyn Dund khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
distribution center
to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
business center / commerce center
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
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
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)
temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center
amusement park / recreation center / entertainment center
Hong Kong Cultural Center
medical 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)
bathing and recreation center
recycling center; waste materials collection depot / (computing) recycle bin
Blagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur Oblast 阿穆爾州|阿穆尔州
World Trade Center
trade center / shopping mall
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
call center
Independent Chinese PEN center
Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角, Florida
World Financial Center (New York City)
centered alignment (typography)
center of gravity / barycenter
fulcrum / center of force
Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心
Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower / abbr. to 津塔
drug rehabilitation center
(mechanical engineering) dead point; dead center
Jin Tower / abbr. for 天津環球金融中心|天津环球金融中心 Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower
jade disk with a hole in the center
Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)

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