中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) syn 中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime syn 中旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month 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 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 拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn 中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 当中 當中 dāng zhōng among / in the middle / in the center syn 中级 中級 zhōng jí middle level (in a hierarchy) syn 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 中年 zhōng nián middle age 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 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 中东 中東 zhōng dōng Middle East 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 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 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 初三 chū sān third year in junior middle school 正中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 中层 中層 zhōng céng middle-ranking 中指 zhōng zhǐ middle finger syn 年老 nián lǎo aged syn 苍老 蒼老 cāng lǎo old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful syn 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 中段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid- syn 中世纪 中世紀 zhōng shì jì medieval / Middle Ages 年迈 年邁 nián mài old / aged syn 年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year 中游 zhōng yóu the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream syn 当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street 天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven syn 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 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 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents 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 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 中产 中產 zhōng chǎn middle class / bourgeois 陈年 陳年 chén nián (of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old / longstanding syn 中老年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age 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 中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period syn 中产阶级 中產階級 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class 间歇 間歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence 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 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 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 初级中学 初級中學 chū jí zhōng xué junior high school / junior middle school syn 老龄 老齡 lǎo líng old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged syn 中等教育 zhōng děng jiào yù secondary education / middle school education 尊老 zūn lǎo respect the aged syn 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 中等专业学校 中等專業學校 zhōng děng zhuān yè xué xiào specialized middle school 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic syn 老迈 老邁 lǎo mài aged / senile 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 中耳炎 zhōng ěr yán inflammation of middle ear / otitis media 耳鼓 ěr gǔ eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane syn 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 巫峡 巫峽 wū xiá Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] 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) 偏安 piān ān content to hold a small part of the territory / fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground / forced to move away 耄耋 mào dié extremely aged / gray and venerable 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 中耳 zhōng ěr middle ear syn 入声 入聲 rù shēng entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese 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 舌音 shé yīn coronal consonants of Middle Chinese 半老徐娘 bàn lǎo xú niáng middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 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) 褡裢 褡褳 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling syn 空肠 空腸 kōng cháng jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠[shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2] and ileum 回腸|回肠[hui2 chang2]) 中局 zhōng jú middle game (in go or chess) 断片 斷片 duàn piàn fragment / piece / (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing 中间派 中間派 zhōng jiān pài moderate faction / party of compromise / middle ground 咽鼓管 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube 衰朽 shuāi xiǔ decaying / decrepit / aged and crumbling syn 鼓室 gǔ shì tympanic cavity (of the middle ear) syn 中纬度 mid-latitudes / middle latitudes syn 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 耄 mào extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s) / octogenarian / nonagenarian 耋 dié aged / in one's eighties 岙 嶴 ào plain in the middle of the mountains / used in place names, esp. in 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1] and 福建[Fu2 jian4] 老骥伏枥 老驥伏櫪 lǎo jì fú lì lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom) / fig. aged person with great aspirations syn 徐娘半老 xú niáng bàn lǎo middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 养老送终 養老送終 yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die 青天白日 qīng tiān bái rì (idiom) in broad daylight / in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background syn 维拉 維拉 wéi lā Vala (Middle-earth) 砧骨 zhēn gǔ incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone 中老年人 zhōng lǎo nián rén middle-aged and elderly people syn 