HSK 5 · Verbs

集中 jízhōng “to concentrate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 集中 means

  1. to concentrate
  2. to focus
  3. to centralise
  4. centralised
  5. concentrated
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to put together

How to say 集中

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale集jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale中zhōng1st tone, high and level

集中 in a sentence

  1. 让我们集中注意力。

    Ràng wǒmen jízhōng zhùyìlì.

    Let’s focus.

    Sentence #13943571 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们太吵了，我没办法集中精神了。

    Tāmen tài chǎo le, wǒ méi bànfǎ jízhōng jīngshén le.

    They’re too noisy – I can’t concentrate.

    Sentence #503116 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他试图把注意力集中在信上。

    Tā shìtú bǎ zhùyìlì jízhōng zài xìn shàng.

    He tried to concentrate on the letter.

    Sentence #609885 from Tatoeba

How 集中 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 集 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
集jíto gather
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuī
  • 木tree · mù
The character 中 (zhōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
中zhōngwithin; among; in
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 丨line · gǔn

Memory aidA line 丨 through the centre of a box 口: the middle.

How to write 集中

集 12 strokes · 中 4 strokes

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集中 (jízhōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 集中 (jízhōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 集中

Words with 集

集合jíhé · to gather集体jítǐ · collective (decision)采集cǎijí · to gather集团jítuán · group

Words with 中

中午zhōngwǔ · noon中国Zhōngguó · China中学zhōngxué · middle school中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student高中gāozhōng · senior high school中zhōng · middle中间zhōngjiān · middle中文Zhōngwén · Chinese language初中chūzhōng · junior high school其中qízhōng · among

More words: Common Verbs

缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief恢复huīfù · to recover挥huī · to wave及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test计算jìsuàn · to count记录jìlù · to record捡jiǎn · to pick up建立jiànlì · to establish

FAQs

集中 (jízhōng) means “to concentrate” or “to focus”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jízhōng: jí with a 2nd tone, then zhōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 集中 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jizhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 集中 from the suggestions. Typing jizhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
集中 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.