HSK 5 · Time

中旬 zhōngxún “middle third of a month” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 中旬 means

  1. middle third of a month

How to say 中旬

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale旬xún2nd tone, rising

中旬 in a sentence

  1. 在日本，梅雨季节从六月初持续到七月中旬。

    Zài Rìběn, méiyǔ jìjié cóng Liùyuè chū chíxù dào Qīyuè zhōngxún.

    In Japan, the rainy season lasts from the beginning of June to the middle of July.

    Sentence #13575748 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 中旬 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 旬 (xún) with each of its parts in a different colour
旬xúnten-day period
  • 勹wrap · bāo
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 中旬

中 4 strokes · 旬 6 strokes

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

Words related to 中旬

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: Time & Sequence

夜yè · night一辈子yíbèizi · (for) a lifetime元旦Yuándàn · New Year’s Day至今zhìjīn · so far逐渐zhújiàn · gradually最初zuìchū · at first丙bǐng · third (in a series)不时bùshí · frequently

FAQs

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