中国 (zhōngguó) means China. Below are 24 of the 46 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我想交 中国 朋友。
Wǒ xiǎng jiāo Zhōngguó péngyou.
I want to make Chinese friends.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 朋友
你吃过 中国 菜吗？
Nǐ chī guo Zhōngguó cài ma?
Have you ever eaten Chinese food?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 过
中国 武术很有名。
Zhōngguó wǔshù hěn yǒumíng.
Chinese martial arts are famous.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 武术
我决定明年去 中国 。
Wǒ juédìng míngnián qù Zhōngguó.
I have decided to go to China next year.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 决定
他很了解 中国 文化。
Tā hěn liǎojiě Zhōngguó wénhuà.
He understands Chinese culture well.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 了解
北京是 中国 的首都。
Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū.
Beijing is the capital of China.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 首都
中国 在亚洲的东部。
Zhōngguó zài Yàzhōu de dōngbù.
China is in the east of Asia.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 亚洲
中国 的传说里有龙。
Zhōngguó de chuánshuō lǐ yǒu lóng.
There are dragons in Chinese legends.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 龙
这是我第一次来 中国 。
Zhè shì wǒ dìyī cì lái Zhōngguó.
This is my first time coming to China.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 第一
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From the graded readers
我是美国人，我在 中国 学习汉语。
wǒ shì měiguórén, wǒ zài zhōngguó xuéxí hànyǔ.
I'm American and I'm studying Chinese in China.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
中秋节是 中国 最重要的节日之一。
zhōngqiūjié shì zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de / dì jiérì zhīyī.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of China's most important holidays.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
From the travel phrasebook
您来 中国 做什么？
Nín lái Zhōngguó zuò shénme?
What are you coming to China for?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
From the grammar library
我想去 中国 。
Wǒ xiǎng qù Zhōngguó.
I'd like to go to China.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 想 / 要 / 需要 — want and need
你喜欢 中国 菜吗？
Nǐ xǐhuan Zhōngguó cài ma?
Do you like Chinese food?
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 吗 and 呢 questions
你喜不喜欢 中国 菜？
Nǐ xǐ bu xǐhuan Zhōngguó cài?
Do you like Chinese food?
Grammar library · HSK 2 · A-not-A questions
中国 appears in 46 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 中国
How is 中国 used in a sentence?
This page shows 46 sentences using 中国 (zhōngguó, "China"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 中国 an HSK word?
Yes — 中国 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 中国?
The dictionary page for 中国 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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