HSK 4 · Function Words

其中 qízhōng “among” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 其中 means

  1. among
  2. in
  3. included among these

How to say 其中

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale其qí2nd 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

其中 in a sentence

  1. 其中一个学生今天没来。

    Qízhōng yí ge xuésheng jīntiān méi lái.

    One of the students didn’t come today.

    Sentence #408899 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们家有七间房间，其中一间是厨房。

    Wǒmen jiā yǒu qī jiān fángjiān, qízhōng yì jiān shì chúfáng.

    Our home has seven rooms, one of which is the kitchen.

    Sentence #808785 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这是其中一个原因。

    Zhè shì qízhōng yí ge yuányīn.

    That’s one of the reasons.

    Sentence #6119407 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 其中 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 其 (qí) with each of its parts in a different colour
其qíhis
  • 甘sweet · gān
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidDrawn from a winnowing basket. That meaning moved to 箕 (jī), and 其 came to mean “its, that”.

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 其中

其 8 strokes · 中 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 其中

Words with 其

其实qíshí · actually其他qítā · other其次qícì · next尤其yóuqí · especially极其jíqí · extremely其余qíyú · the rest与其yǔqí · rather than (与其 A，不如 B: B rather than A)名副其实míngfùqíshí · worthy of the name莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling

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中旬zhōngxún · middle third of a month

More words: Particles & Connectors

难道nándào · don’t tell me …内nèi · inside篇piān · measure word for articles and essays其次qícì · next千万qiānwàn · be sure to全部quánbù · whole却què · but确实quèshí · indeed

FAQs

其中 (qízhōng) means “among” or “in”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it qízhōng: qí 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. 其中 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qizhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 其中 from the suggestions. Typing qizhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
其中 is an HSK 4 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.