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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *中* | 中* | *中
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right
HSK 1
Chinese language
HSK 1
center; heart; core
HSK 2
middle-school student / high school student
HSK 1
middle age
HSK 2
noon / midday / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
middle school
HSK 1
China
HSK 1
lunch / Chinese meal; Chinese food / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 2
to win a prize (in a lottery etc)
HSK 4
the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
HSK 3
middle part; central section; central region
HSK 3
to act as intermediary / to link / intermediate / inter- / agency / agent
HSK 4
Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad
HSK 6
central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state)
HSK 5
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt
HSK 5
medium
HSK 6
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
HSK 6
to be poisoned
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
middle level (in a hierarchy)
HSK 2
traditional Chinese medicine / CL:
HSK 5
midterm election
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
medium sized
HSK 7-9
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *中* | 中* | *中
(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *中* | 中* | *中
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery)
midway
HSK 7-9
central government
abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党, Chinese Communist Party
entrance exam for senior middle school
neutral / neutrality
HSK 7-9
(share trading) mid-cap
(computing) central processing unit (CPU)
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
People's Republic of China
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會|中国共产党中央委员会
mainland China
middle finger
China-USA
Central America
vertical space in a newspaper between two attached pages / vertical line on the back of clothing
Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
Chinese person
Central University for Nationalities
Middle East
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan)
China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic
Bank of China (BoC)
go-between / mediator / intermediary
Chinatown
to suffer heat exhaustion / sunstroke; heatstroke
China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
see 中山市 / see 中山區|中山区 / Nakayama (Japanese surname) / see 孫中山|孙中山
middle third of a month
HSK 7-9
to sinicize / to take on Chinese characteristics
made in China
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization
Central Military Committee (CMC)
(bird species of China) medium egret (Ardea intermedia)
Chinese agriculture
socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores
US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局)
North University of China (Shanxi)
middle class / bourgeois
Central Daily News
(computing) central processing unit (CPU)
Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
south central region
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
China Post (Chinese postal service)
middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander
China concepts stock (stock in a Chinese company that trades on an exchange outside China or in Hong Kong) (abbr. for 中國概念股|中国概念股)
mid-range (in quality and price)
middle ear
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
central bank
China Law Society
Sino-Russian relations
Academia Sinica (abbr. for 中央研究院)
Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (abbr. for 中央人民政府駐香港特別行政區聯絡辦公室|中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室) or the equivalent office in Macao
(sports) midfielder; (basketball) center; (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋
Central Committee
middle section; middle period; middle area; mid-
Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)
middle and old age
medieval / Middle Ages
Sino-Cuban / China-Cuba
medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
Communist Party of China
China-Pakistan (relations) / China-Bahamas
minibus
China National Offshore Oil Corporation

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