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zhòng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhòng | zhong4
English translation
middle brother; go between, mediator; surname

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About zhòng

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

zhòng

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

The middle  Zhōng person  rén Zhōng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of zhòng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻中

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Example sentences using zhòng

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周仲伟 de huà Huán méi wán , 徐曼丽 那红春春 de qiào liǎn ér dǒu de biàn le .

Before Chou Chung - wei had finished what he was saying, Hsu Man - li's pretty face suddenly clouded over.

仲夏 zhòng xià 酷暑 kù shǔ 尤其 yóuqí Líng rén nán āo .

It is particularly difficult to bear up against the midsummer heat.

zài 神学 shén xué 政治 zhèngzhì 事务 shìwù shǎng dōu shì 最终 zuì zhōng de 仲裁 zhòng cái rén

He was the ultimate arbiter on both theological and political matters.

世界 shìjiè 顶级 dǐng jí 网球 wǎngqiú 运动员 yùn dòng yuán 之间 zhī jiān 往往 wǎngwǎng 难分伯仲

There is very little to choose between the world's top tennis players.

两个 duì 难分伯仲

The teams are evenly matched.

Words with zhòng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhòng middle zhòng
仲裁 zhòng cái arbitration仲裁 zhòng cái
仲夏 zhòng xià midsummer仲夏 zhòng xià
仲介 zhòng jiè middleman仲介 zhòng jiè
杜仲 dù zhòng eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)杜仲 dù zhòng
大仲马 Dà Zhòng mǎ Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer大仲馬
管仲 Guǎn Zhòng known as Guangzi 管子 Guǎnzǐ 管仲 Guǎn Zhòng
范仲淹 Fàn Zhòng yān also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 Yuè yáng lóu jì 范仲淹 Fàn Zhòng yān
董仲舒 Dǒng Zhòng shū Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty董仲舒 Dǒng Zhòng shū
伯仲之间 bó zhòng zhī jiān almost on a par伯仲之間
仲秋 zhòng qiū second month of autumn仲秋 zhòng qiū
昆仲 kūn zhòng (literary) brothers昆仲 kūn zhòng
仲巴县 Zhòng bā xiàn Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet仲巴縣
仲巴 Zhòng bā Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet仲巴 Zhòng bā
晏平仲 Yàn Píng zhòng another name for Yan Ying 晏嬰|晏婴 Yàn Yīng or Yanzi 晏子 Yàn zǐ (-500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国 Qí guó 晏平仲 Yàn Píng zhòng
许仲琳 Xǔ Zhòng lín Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳 Chén Zhòng lín (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义 Fēng shén Yǎn yì is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星 Lù Xī xīng 許仲琳

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