约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime 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 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 正中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub syn 中游 zhōng yóu the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream syn 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 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 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 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist syn 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 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) 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 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 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school syn 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 中年 zhōng nián middle age syn 中东 中東 zhōng dōng Middle East 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 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 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name 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 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student 间歇 間歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence syn 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 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 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 中旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month 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 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 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 耳膜 ěr mó eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 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 有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal 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 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period syn 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 洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3] 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 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name 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 中耳炎 zhōng ěr yán inflammation of middle ear / otitis media 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 永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3] 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 年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1] 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn 天顺 天順 tiān shùn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1] 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) 品名 pǐn míng name of product / brand name 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 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 中产 中產 zhōng chǎn middle class / bourgeois 申城 shēn chéng alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4] 高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name) 中等教育 zhōng děng jiào yù secondary education / middle school education 百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name 雅各 yǎ gè Jacob (name) / James (name) 中等专业学校 中等專業學校 zhōng děng zhuān yè xué xiào specialized middle school 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 