中 (zung1 zung3 | zhong1 zhong4) : centre; middle; during; average; affected by

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中

zung1 zung3

zhong1 zhong4

[粵] zung1 | [國] zhong1
[1] [n, adj] centre; middle; inside
[2] [adv] during; among; in the process of
[3] [n] medium; average; halfway
[4] [n] shortened form of China

[粵] zung3 | [國] zhong4
[1] [v] be affected by; suffer; fall into
[2] [v] hit; fit exactly; be agreeable to

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 丨 (#2)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

中

This word has been viewed 31976 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Jun 2013 02:27

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中華會館 zung1 waa4 wui6 gun2 zhong1 hua2 hui4 guan3 = The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA). Chinese Six Companies

興中會 hing1 zung1 wui5 xing1 zhong1 hui4 = Revive China Society, founded by Dr Sun Yat-sen 孫中山｜孙中山 in 1894 in Honolulu

中文 zung1 man4*2/4 zhong1 wen2 = Chinese language

中國 zung1 gwok3 zhong1 guo2 = China

中午 zung1 ng5 zhong1 wu3 = noon

中菜 zung1 coi3 zhong1 cai4 = chinese food

中心 zung1 sam1 zhong1 xin1 = centre; middle

中國人 zung1 gwok3 jan4 zhong1 guo2 ren2 = Chinese person/people

天空中 tin1 hung1 zung1 tian1 kong1 zhong1 = in the sky

華中 waa4 zung1 hua2 zhong1 = Central China
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我個中文老師好好人㗎粵
My Chinese teacher is a very nice person.

他是不是中國人？國
Is he Chinese?
[Canto: 佢係唔係中國人？]

我唔中意返學。粵
I don't like to go to school.

我寫中文字好慢。粵
I write Chinese characters very slowly.

佢係唔係中國人？粵
Is he Chinese?
[Lit. He is-not-is Chinese? Std. Chinese: 他是不是中國人？]

你中意啲乜嘢呀? 粵
What do you like?

晚上你可以看到頭上天空中的星辰國
At night you can see stars in the sky above your head.

八月是一年中的第八個月份國
August is the eighth month of the year.

中國人係揸筷子食飯嘅。粵
Chinese people are [people who] use chopsticks to have their meals.
["揸" here is actually "to hold"]

中國人嘅姓係放喺前面嘅。粵
Chinese put their surnames to the front.

點解中國會有咁多方言嘅？粵
Why are there so many "dialects" in China?

中國而家開放過以前粵
China is now more open.
[Lit. China now open [in the sense of trade and culture] surpass before.]

香港先進過中國好多粵
Hong Kong is much more advanced than China.
[Lit. Hong Kong advance surpass China a lot (n.b. this is only intended to illustrate Cantonese comparatives and is not necessarily accurate!)]

就算喺日常生活中﹐都需要一啲科學常識。粵
We need some scientific knowledge even in dealing with our daily life.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,118014]

中華人民共和國萬歲，萬萬歲！
Long live the People's Republic of China!

我的朋友在一個中學打工。國
My friend has a part-time job at a high school.

危險：激光在使用中國
Danger: Laser in use.

真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.

有邊讀邊，沒邊讀中間。國
Read the side if any; read the middle part if there is no side.
[This is a guesswork method people use to read a Chinese character when they do not know its exact pronunciation.]

危難中，"有子不需父上前"；搶險時，"上陣不離父子兵"。
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together.

佢果然係個女中豪傑！粵
She is indeed a heroine!

而家啲細路真係身在福中不知福！粵
Children nowadays really don't know how fortunate they are.

阿媽鬧人中氣十足。粵
Mum can scold people very loudly

當世界語啱啱傳入中國嗰陣粵 ?!
When Esperanto had just been introduced to China...
[Lit. When Esperanto just-now introduced China that-time]

我手機嘅聯繫人列表中有超過200個名。粵
The contact list in my mobile phone has more than two hundred entries.

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