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China
HSK 1
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  *中* | 中* | *中
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right
HSK 1
middle school
HSK 1
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
middle-school student / high school student
HSK 1
noon / midday / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
Chinese language
HSK 1
center; heart; core
HSK 2
central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart
HSK 2
senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学
HSK 2
middle level (in a hierarchy)
HSK 2
middle age
HSK 2
lunch / Chinese meal; Chinese food / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 2
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
among / in / included among these
HSK 2
to concentrate / to centralize / to focus / centralized / concentrated / to put together
HSK 3
junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学)
HSK 3
among / in the middle / in the center
HSK 3
middle part; central section; central region
HSK 3
the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
HSK 3
to act as intermediary / to link / intermediate / inter- / agency / agent
HSK 4
interim / midterm
HSK 4
to win a prize (in a lottery etc)
HSK 4
en route
HSK 4
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
HSK 5
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state)
HSK 5
inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during
HSK 5
to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt
HSK 5
to be poisoned
HSK 5
in the sky / in the air
HSK 5
from within / therefrom
HSK 5
Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化 "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国
HSK 6
Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad
HSK 6
middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
HSK 6
medium
HSK 6
of the utmost importance / of highest priority
HSK 7-9
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
midway
HSK 7-9
to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue
HSK 7-9
neutral
HSK 7-9
in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously
HSK 7-9
medium sized
HSK 7-9
middle third of a month
HSK 7-9
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
HSK 7-9
golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary
HSK 7-9
everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
HSK 7-9
to have a preference for / to fancy / to choose after consideration / to settle on
HSK 7-9
Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
imperceptibly / virtually
HSK 7-9
neutral / neutrality
HSK 7-9
Central Java, province of Indonesia
secondary normal school (abbr. for 中等師範學校|中等师范学校)
lieutenant
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery)
Mediterranean Sea
(coll.) bald crown; male pattern baldness
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
senior high school / abbr. to 高中
Yangzhong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市, Jiangsu
to make administration service-oriented
axis / (bicycle) bottom bracket
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing
Zhongning county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫, Ningxia
Chinese style
to pass the imperial examinations
lobby / foyer / CL: 間|间
Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei
Airbus (aerospace company)
China and the West / Chinese-Western
nasal septum
north central area
septum (anatomy)
Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
to neutralize / to counteract / neutralization (chemistry)
pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction / castles in Spain / imaginary future plans
Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
China Democratic League
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) / no pain, no gain
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
Central Military Committee (CMC)
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
Jinzhong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
transfer desk / correspondence desk
useful / helpful / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]
to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
Made in China 2025, strategic plan to upgrade Chinese industry especially in high-tech areas, approved by China's State Council in 2015
concentration camp
cerebral stroke
China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China
mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
to select; to choose; to decide on
lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom) / fig. to attempt to seize the throne
medium-density fiberboard (MDF) / abbr. to 中纖板|中纤板
to suffer a paralyzing stroke

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