中 zhōng / zhòng in a sentence
Center (middle - in - during - Chinese); Hit (be hit by)
中 (zhōng / zhòng) means Center (middle - in - during - Chinese), Hit (be hit by). Below are 24 of the 206 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
我在学 中 文。
Wǒ zài xué Zhōngwén.
I am learning Chinese.
Dictionary example · 学
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From the graded readers
中 午我和朋友一起吃饭。
zhōngwǔ wǒ hé péngyou yìqǐ chīfàn.
At noon I eat with my friends.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
中 午的时候，天气很热。
zhōngwǔ de / dì shíhou, tiānqì hěn rè.
By noon it was very hot.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
她教 中 文已经教了二十年了。
tā jiāo zhōngwén yǐjīng jiāo le / liǎo / liào èrshí nián le / liǎo / liào.
She's been teaching Chinese for twenty years.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
中 午吃完饭，我想休息一会儿。
zhōngwǔ chīwán fàn, wǒ xiǎng xiūxi yìhuir.
After lunch I thought I'd rest for a bit.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
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
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
From the travel phrasebook
我不会说 中 文。
Wǒ bú huì shuō Zhōngwén.
I don't speak Chinese.
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
您来 中 国做什么？
Nín lái Zhōngguó zuò shénme?
What are you coming to China for?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
我需要 中 英文对照。
Wǒ xūyào Zhōng-Yīngwén duìzhào.
I need a bilingual version.
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
From the grammar library
我会说 中 文。
Wǒ huì shuō Zhōngwén.
I can speak Chinese.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 会 / 能 / 可以 — three ways to say "can"
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
我学了两年 中 文。
Wǒ xué le liǎng nián Zhōngwén.
I studied Chinese for two years.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
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
他说 中 文说得很好。
Tā shuō Zhōngwén shuō de hěn hǎo.
He speaks Chinese very well.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 的 vs 得 vs 地
中 appears in 206 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.
Words that contain 中
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Questions about 中
How is 中 used in a sentence?
This page shows 206 sentences using 中 (zhōng / zhòng, "Center (middle - in - during - Chinese), Hit (be hit by)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 中 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 中 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 中?
The dictionary page for 中 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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