中间 (zhōngjiǎn) means Between (intermediate - middle). Below are 5 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
桌子放在房间 中间 。
Zhuōzi fàng zài fángjiān zhōngjiān.
The table is placed in the middle of the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 中间
请大家向 中间 靠拢。
Qǐng dàjiā xiàng zhōngjiān kàolǒng.
Please everyone close up towards the middle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 靠拢
一棵大树横在路 中间 。
Yì kē dà shù héng zài lù zhōngjiān.
A big tree lay across the middle of the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 横
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From the graded readers
我认出了 中间 那个人——是我妈妈。
wǒ rènchū le / liǎo / liào zhōngjiǎn nèigè rén—— shì wǒ māma.
I recognised the one in the middle — it was my mother.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
Questions about 中间
How is 中间 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 中间 (zhōngjiǎn, "Between (intermediate - middle)"), 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 中间 an HSK word?
Yes — 中间 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 中间?
The dictionary page for 中间 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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