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  *中* | 中* | *中
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right
HSK 1
China
HSK 1
Chinese language
HSK 1
middle school
HSK 1
noon / midday / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
middle-school student / high school student
HSK 1
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
center; heart; core
HSK 2
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
middle level (in a hierarchy)
HSK 2
middle age
HSK 2
lunch / Chinese meal; Chinese food / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 2
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 win a prize (in a lottery etc)
HSK 4
to act as intermediary / to link / intermediate / inter- / agency / agent
HSK 4
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt
HSK 5
to be poisoned
HSK 5
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
HSK 5
central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state)
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
medium
HSK 6
middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
HSK 6
Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad
HSK 6
medium sized
HSK 7-9
neutral
HSK 7-9
neutral / neutrality
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middle third of a month
HSK 7-9
golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary
HSK 7-9
to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue
HSK 7-9
Chinese painting
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midway
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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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(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)
China-Japan
Middle East
traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
Bank of China (BoC)
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
Indochina
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
Central Military Committee (CMC)
culmination (astronomy)
abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党, Chinese Communist Party
relay station
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
see 中山市 / Nakayama (Japanese surname) / see 孫中山|孙中山
middle finger
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan)
Chinese person
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
resurgence / recovery / restoration
Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Republic of China
Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing
central district (of a city) / central zone
central district
mainland China
to suffer heat exhaustion / sunstroke; heatstroke
distributor / wholesaler / middleman
China-USA
People's Republic of China
adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
fair and honest
central bank
small and medium enterprise
medieval / Middle Ages
middle-ranking
Zhongshan or Chungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan / Zhongshan District of Dalian 大連市|大连市, Liaoning / Chungshan District of Keelung City 基隆市, Taiwan
to suffer a paralyzing stroke
(neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō")
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
pleasant to the eye / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 kan4]
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
Central and Western district of Hong Kong
middle and old age
half-way line / median line
Zhongpu or Chungpu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
to relay / to repeat
China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan (abbr. for 中國電視公司|中国电视公司)
Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
to neutralize / to counteract / neutralization (chemistry)
Chinese herbal medicine
central government
to change (train or plane) / transfer / correspondence
median
middleman and guarantor
to part one's hair in the middle
Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei
China and Taiwan
Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan
mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933
Central America
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
Sino-Turkish
(sports) midfielder; (basketball) center; (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋

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