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中間

zung1 gaan1

zhong1 jian1

[1] middle; centre [2] among; between [3] (placename) Chung Kan

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 6,960,000

中間 / 中间

中 zung1 zung3 zhong1 zhong4 - middle, central
間 gaan1 gaan3 jian1 jian4 - interval of time

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有邊讀邊，沒邊讀中間。國 edit
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.]

This word was added by MrBug on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 24th Nov 2007

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