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中间 zhōngjiān “middle” in Chinese

Traditional 中間

What 中间 means

  1. middle
  2. centre
  3. between
  4. among
  5. the inside
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • in the middle
  • within
  • during
  • in the meantime

How to say 中间

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale中zhōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale间jiān1st tone, high and level

中间 in a sentence

  1. 路中间有一辆卡车。

    Lù zhōngjiān yǒu yí liàng kǎchē.

    There’s a truck in the middle of the road.

    Sentence #487597 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他是我们四人中间最年轻的。

    Tā shì wǒmen sì rén zhōngjiān zuì niánqīng de.

    He’s the youngest of the four of us.

    Sentence #8293419 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 老虎躺在笼子的中间。

    Lǎohǔ tǎng zài lóngzi de zhōngjiān.

    The tiger is lying in the middle of its cage.

    Sentence #2023497 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 中间 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 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.

The character 间 (jiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
间jiānbetween
  • 门gate · mén
  • 日sun · rì

Memory aidSunlight 日 coming through a gap in the gate 门: a gap, the space between, a room.

How to write 中间

中 4 strokes · 间 7 strokes

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

Words related to 中间

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中文Zhōngwén · Chinese language初中chūzhōng · junior high school其中qízhōng · among中旬zhōngxún · middle third of a month

Words with 间

间jiān · (measure word for rooms)时间shíjiān · time房间fángjiān · room洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet之间zhījiān · between卫生间wèishēngjiān · bathroom期间qījiān · period of time空间kōngjiān · space间隔jiàngé · interval瞬间shùnjiān · instant

More words: Places & Directions

图书馆túshūguǎn · library西xī · West洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet银行yínháng · bank中文Zhōngwén · Chinese language餐厅cāntīng · dining hall厕所cèsuǒ · toilet厨房chúfáng · kitchen

FAQs

中间 (zhōngjiān) means “middle” or “centre”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it zhōngjiān: zhōng with a 1st tone, then jiān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 中间 is written 中間. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 中间 from the suggestions. Typing zhongjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
中间 is an HSK 3 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.