中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime syn 东 東 dōng east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord syn 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 正中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub syn 东边 東邊 dōng bian east / east side / eastern part / to the east of syn 东侧 東側 dōng cè east side / east face syn 东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 中游 zhōng yóu the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream syn 中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand 东西方 東西方 dōng xī fāng east and west / east to west 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 中段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid- syn 拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist syn 辽东 遼東 liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) 东区 東區 dōng qū east district of city / east zone / Tung east district of a Taiwanese city 坎儿井 坎兒井 kǎn r jǐng karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 当中 當中 dāng zhōng among / in the middle / in the center syn 中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) syn 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school syn 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 东部 東部 dōng bù the east / eastern part 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 东方 東方 dōng fāng east syn 中年 zhōng nián middle age syn 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 中世纪 中世紀 zhōng shì jì medieval / Middle Ages 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 东面 東面 dōng miàn east side (of sth) syn 中产阶级 中產階級 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class 中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc) syn 中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student 莱斯特 萊斯特 lái sī tè Lester or Leicester (name) / Leicester, English city in East Midlands 间歇 間歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence syn 远东 遠東 yuǎn dōng Far East (loanword) 中指 zhōng zhǐ middle finger syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 能人 néng rén capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid syn 中层 中層 zhōng céng middle-ranking 天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven syn 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic syn 东亚 東亞 dōng yà East Asia 关东 關東 guān dōng Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] / Kantō region of Japan 中旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month 东德 東德 dōng dé East Germany (1945-1990) / German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国[De2 yi4 zhi4 Min2 zhu3 Gong4 he2 guo2] 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 以东 以東 yǐ dōng to the east of (suffix) 东经 東經 dōng jīng east longitude 中级 中級 zhōng jí middle level (in a hierarchy) syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 当道 當道 dāng dào in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue syn 东非 東非 dōng fēi East Africa 耳膜 ěr mó eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane 居中 jū zhōng to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle / to be in between / (page layout) to be centered syn 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 初三 chū sān third year in junior middle school 中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period syn 孟加拉国 孟加拉國 mèng jiā lā guó Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) 早操 zǎo cāo morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries) 耳鼓 ěr gǔ eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 马拉加 馬拉加 mǎ lā jiā Málaga, Spain / Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 中耳 zhōng ěr middle ear syn 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 中老年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age syn 东洋 東洋 dōng yáng Japan (old) / East Asian countries syn 中耳炎 zhōng ěr yán inflammation of middle ear / otitis media 近东 近東 jìn dōng Near East 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 兰花指 蘭花指 lán huā zhǐ hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended) syn 正当中 正當中 zhèng dāng zhōng dead center / the very middle syn 中盘 中盤 zhōng pán middle game (in go or chess) / (share trading) mid-session / (abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商[zhong1 pan2 shang1]) distributor / wholesaler / middleman 初级中学 初級中學 chū jí zhōng xué junior high school / junior middle school syn 寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia syn 东西 東西 dōng xī east and west syn 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 华东 華東 huá dōng East China 潮州 cháo zhōu see 潮州市[Chao2zhou1 Shi4] / see 潮州鎮|潮州镇[Chao2zhou1 Zhen4] / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3nan2yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 附中 fù zhōng attached (or affiliated) secondary (or middle) school / abbr. for 附屬中學|附属中学[fu4 shu3 zhong1 xue2] syn 花莲 花蓮 huā lián Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan 年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year 当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street 中青年 zhōng qīng nián middle-aged 淮河 huái hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] 潮汕 cháo shàn Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4] and Shantou 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話|潮汕话[Chao2 shan4 hua4]) and culture 中产 中產 zhōng chǎn middle class / bourgeois 启明 啟明 qǐ míng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn syn 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 神农架 神農架 shén nóng jià Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei 苍龙 蒼龍 cāng lóng Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky) syn 东南西北 東南西北 dōng nán xī běi east, south, west and north / all directions syn 东征 東征 dōng zhēng punitive expedition to the east 