HSK 6 · Society

中立 zhōnglì “neutral” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 中立 means

  1. neutral
  2. neutrality

How to say 中立

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale立lì4th tone, falling

中立 in a sentence

  1. 瑞士是一个中立的国家。

    Ruìshì shì yí ge zhōnglì de guójiā.

    Switzerland is a neutral country.

    Sentence #427562 from Tatoeba

How 中立 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 立 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
立lìto stand
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī

How to write 中立

中 4 strokes · 立 5 strokes

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

Words related to 中立

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

Words with 立

立即lìjí · immediately立刻lìkè · immediately成立chénglì · to establish建立jiànlì · to establish独立dúlì · independent立足lìzú · to gain a foothold确立quèlì · to establish设立shèlì · to set up树立shùlì · to establish孤立gūlì · isolated

More words: Society & Law

治安zhì'ān · public order制裁zhìcái · sanctions治理zhìlǐ · to govern殖民地zhímíndì · colony种族zhǒngzú · race追悼zhuīdào · to mourn追究zhuījiū · to investigate驻扎zhùzhā · to be stationed

FAQs

中立 (zhōnglì) means “neutral” or “neutrality”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhōnglì: zhōng with a 1st tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 中立 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 中立 from the suggestions. Typing zhongli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
中立 is an HSK 6 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.