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zhòng
HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. to hit (the mark)
  2. 2. to be hit by
  3. 3. to suffer
  4. 4. to win (a prize, a lottery)

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Words Containing 中

吴中区
wú zhōng qū

Wuzhong district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市[sū zhōu shì], Jiangsu

中考
zhōng kǎo

entrance exam for senior middle school

中元普渡
zhōng yuán pǔ dù

Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon

中国船舶重工集团公司
zhōng guó chuán bó zhòng gōng jí tuán gōng sī

China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)

察哈尔右翼中旗
chá hā ěr yòu yì zhōng qí

Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

中元
zhōng yuán

Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased

地震中
dì zhèn zhōng

earthquake epicenter

中山区
zhōng shān qū

Zhongshan or Chungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

中等技术学校
zhōng děng jì shù xué xiào

technical middle school

渝中区
yú zhōng qū

Yuzhong (or central Chongqing) district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

中正区
zhōng zhèng qū

Zhongzheng District of Taipei 台北市[tái běi shì] or Keelung 基隆市[jī lóng shì]

中圈套
zhòng quān tào

to fall in a trap

中国石化
zhōng guó shí huà

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec

中肯
zhòng kěn

pertinent; apropos

心中有数
xīn zhōng yǒu shù

to know what's going on

如日中天
rú rì zhōng tiān

lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)

中毒酶
zhōng dú méi

inhibited enzyme

金大中
jīn dà zhōng

Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000

中校
zhōng xiào

middle ranking officer in Chinese army

眼中刺
yǎn zhōng cì

a thorn in one's eye

囊中羞涩
náng zhōng xiū sè

to be embarrassingly short of money

中国钹
zhōng guó bó

China cymbal (drum kit component)

正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài

to hit the nail on the head (idiom)

苦中作乐
kǔ zhōng zuò lè

to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering

中耳
zhōng ěr

middle ear

中阮
zhōng ruǎn

zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range

全球发展中心
quán qiú fā zhǎn zhōng xīn

Center for Global Development (an environmental think tank)

中贼鸥
zhōng zéi ōu

(bird species of China) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)

马中锡
mǎ zhōng xī

Ma Zhongxi, Ming writer (1446-1512), author of the fable The Wolf of Zhongshan 中山狼傳|中山狼传[zhōng shān láng zhuàn]

中山公园
zhōng shān gōng yuán

Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[sūn zhōng shān]

中文标准交换码
zhōng wén biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ

CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992

中伏
zhōng fú

the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[sān fú]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year

中国好声音
zhōng guó hǎo shēng yīn

The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show

一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì

to hit the target with a single shot

中中
zhōng zhōng

middling

山中圣训
shān zhōng shèng xùn

the Sermon on the Mount

关中
guān zhōng

Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi

国中之国
guó zhōng zhī guó

state within a state

投影中心
tóu yǐng zhōng xīn

center of projection

琼中黎族苗族自治县
qióng zhōng lí zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn

Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan

中欧
zhōng ōu

Sino-European

中山成彬
zhōng shān chéng bīn

NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese cabinet minister and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes

中国人权组织
zhōng guó rén quán zǔ zhī

Human Rights in China (New York-based expatriate PRC organization)

中庸之道
zhōng yōng zhī dào

doctrine of the mean

稳中求进
wěn zhōng qiú jìn

to make progress while ensuring stability

巴中地区
bā zhōng dì qū

Bazhong prefecture in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan

局中人
jú zhōng rén

participant

中巴士
zhōng bā shì

minibus

中国核能总公司
zhōng guó hé néng zǒng gōng sī

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)

相中
xiāng zhòng

to find to one's taste

市中区
shì zhōng qū

central city district

中杜鹃
zhōng dù juān

(bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

中国石油化工股份有限公司
zhōng guó shí yóu huà gōng gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec

中转站
zhōng zhuǎn zhàn

transit hub

中国同盟会
zhōng guó tóng méng huì

Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912

中新网
zhōng xīn wǎng

ChinaNews (China News Service)

中压管
zhōng yā guǎn

medium pressure tube

中国中心主义
zhōng guó zhōng xīn zhǔ yì

Sinocentrism

中国画
zhōng guó huà

Chinese painting

胎死腹中
tāi sǐ fù zhōng

fetus dies in the belly

中国大蝾螈
zhōng guó dà róng yuán

Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)

中法战争
zhōng fǎ zhàn zhēng

Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)

中魔
zhòng mó

to be possessed; to be bewitched

空中接力
kōng zhōng jiē lì

alley-oop (basketball)

中介所
zhōng jiè suǒ

agency

指挥中心
zhǐ huī zhōng xīn

command center

暗中监视
àn zhōng jiān shì

to monitor secretly

中宁
zhōng níng

Zhongning county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫[zhōng wèi], Ningxia

中国航海日
zhōng guó háng hǎi rì

Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[zhèng hé] in 1405 AD

中隔
zhōng gé

septum (anatomy)

中间音
zhōng jiān yīn

(phonetics) medial

中国气象局
zhōng guó qì xiàng jú

China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

中转
zhōng zhuǎn

to change (train or plane)

中国左翼作家联盟
zhōng guó zuǒ yì zuò jiā lián méng

the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930

个中人
gè zhōng rén

a person in the know

中国地质调查局
zhōng guó dì zhì diào chá jú

China Geological Survey (CGS)

去中心化
qù zhōng xīn huà

decentralization

中英对照
zhōng yīng duì zhào

Chinese English parallel texts

眼中
yǎn zhōng

in one's eyes

中国电视公司
zhōng guó diàn shì gōng sī

China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan

期中考
qī zhōng kǎo

mid-term exam

中微子
zhōng wēi zǐ

neutrino (particle physics)

中国船舶工业集团
zhōng guó chuán bó gōng yè jí tuán

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)

中国人民志愿军
zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn

the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950

砷中毒
shēn zhòng dú

arsenic poisoning

科右中旗
kē yòu zhōng qí

Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia

中小型企业
zhōng xiǎo xíng qǐ yè

small or medium size enterprise (SME)

科尔沁左翼中旗
kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì zhōng qí

Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia

中企业
zhōng qǐ yè

medium sized enterprise

证券柜台买卖中心
zhèng quàn guì tái mǎi mài zhōng xīn

GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)

中国话
zhōng guó huà

(spoken) Chinese language

台中市
tái zhōng shì

Taichung city in central Taiwan

中华攀雀
zhōng huá pān què

(bird species of China) Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus)

洗浴中心
xǐ yù zhōng xīn

bathing and recreation center

中值定理
zhōng zhí dìng lǐ

mean value theorem (in calculus)

北京环球金融中心
běi jīng huán qiú jīn róng zhōng xīn

Beijing World Financial Center, skyscraper

集中器
jí zhōng qì

concentrator

中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ

lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse

中饱
zhōng bǎo

to embezzle

中和市
zhōng hé shì

Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

罗贯中
luó guàn zhōng

Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works

中装
zhōng zhuāng

Chinese dress

中旬
zhōng xún

middle third of a month

中立性
zhōng lì xìng

impartiality

中国中央电视台
zhōng guó zhōng yāng diàn shì tái

China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network

中坜市
zhōng lì shì

Zhongli or Chungli city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan

中国建设银行
zhōng guó jiàn shè yín háng

China Construction Bank

郎中
láng zhōng

doctor (Chinese medicine)

中辍
zhōng chuò

to stop halfway

中调
zhōng diào

(perfumery) middle note

家道中落
jiā dào zhōng luò

to come down in the world (idiom)

中号
zhōng hào

medium-sized

脑中风
nǎo zhòng fēng

cerebral stroke

套中人
tào zhōng rén

a conservative

中国交通运输协会
zhōng guó jiāo tōng yùn shū xié huì

China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA)

中埔
zhōng pǔ

Zhongpu or Chungpu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

中央集权
zhōng yāng jí quán

centralized state power

中非
zhōng fēi

China-Africa (relations)

中心语
zhōng xīn yǔ

qualified word

缓发中子
huǎn fā zhōng zǐ

delayed neutron

百发百中
bǎi fā bǎi zhòng

lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits

中盘股
zhōng pán gǔ

(share trading) mid-cap

集中营
jí zhōng yíng

concentration camp

中央省
zhōng yāng shěng

Töv Province (Töv Aimag) of Mongolia

中继站
zhōng jì zhàn

relay station

中听
zhōng tīng

pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news)

中等普通教育
zhōng děng pǔ tōng jiào yù

general middle school education

中央社
zhōng yāng shè

Central News Agency (Taiwan)

中国制造2025
zhōng guó zhì zào èr líng èr wǔ

Made in China 2025, strategic plan to upgrade Chinese industry especially in high-tech areas, approved by China's State Council in 2015

绥中
suí zhōng

Suizhong county in Huludao 葫蘆島|葫芦岛, Liaoning

台中县
tái zhōng xiàn

Taichung or Taizhong County in central Taiwan

中前卫
zhōng qián wèi

center forward (soccer position)

中源地震
zhōng yuán dì zhèn

medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)

中位数
zhōng wèi shù

median

日中
rì zhōng

Japan-China

不中意
bù zhòng yì

not to one's liking

中央汇金
zhōng yāng huì jīn

central finance

中国教育和科研计算机网
zhōng guó jiào yù hé kē yán jì suàn jī wǎng

China Education and Research Network (CERNET)

朝中
cháo zhōng

North Korea-China

正当中
zhèng dāng zhōng

dead center

中空玻璃
zhōng kōng bō li

double glazing

中国消费者协会
zhōng guó xiāo fèi zhě xié huì

China Consumers' Association (CCA)

中国电信
zhōng guó diàn xìn

China Telecom (Chinese company providing mobile phone service)

渝中
yú zhōng

Yuzhong (or central Chongqing) district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

中央
zhōng yāng

central

空中
kōng zhōng

in the sky

呼中
hū zhōng

Huzhong district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang

中筋面粉
zhōng jīn miàn fěn

all-purpose flour

中世纪
zhōng shì jì

medieval

重中之重
zhòng zhōng zhī zhòng

of the utmost importance

丑妻近地家中宝
chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo

an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)

中日关系
zhōng rì guān xì

Sino-Japanese relations

中国证券监督管理委员会
zhōng guó zhèng quàn jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì

China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)

中国制造
zhōng guó zhì zào

made in China

中西区
zhōng xī qū

Central and Western district of Hong Kong

击中
jī zhòng

to hit (a target etc)

中国人民大学
zhōng guó rén mín dà xué

Renmin University of China

中元节
zhōng yuán jié

Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased

陆军中尉
lù jūn zhōng wèi

lieutenant

民主集中制
mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhì

democratic centralism

居中
jū zhōng

positioned between (two parties)

中美文化研究中心
zhōng měi wén huà yán jiū zhōng xīn

Hopkins-Nanjing Center

中日韩
zhōng rì hán

China, Japan and Korea

中子星
zhōng zǐ xīng

neutron star

中游
zhōng yóu

the middle stretches of a river

中气层顶
zhōng qì céng dǐng

mesopause

如堕五里雾中
rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng

as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)

中国民主同盟
zhōng guó mín zhǔ tóng méng

China Democratic League

折中
zhé zhōng

to compromise

中子俘获
zhōng zǐ fú huò

neutron capture

意料之中
yì liào zhī zhōng

to come as no surprise

片中
piàn zhōng

in the movie

中尼
zhōng ní

China-Nepal

高中生
gāo zhōng shēng

senior high school student

中国人民解放军海军
zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn hǎi jūn

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)

中国历史博物馆
zhōng guó lì shǐ bó wù guǎn

Museum of Chinese History

中俄
zhōng é

China-Russia

中正纪念堂
zhōng zhèng jì niàn táng

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei

风中烛,瓦上霜
fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng

lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)

梦中
mèng zhōng

in a dream

通信中心
tōng xìn zhōng xīn

communications center

扬中市
yáng zhōng shì

Yangzhong, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[zhèn jiāng], Jiangsu

囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù

as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)

中国餐馆症候群
zhōng guó cān guǎn zhèng hòu qún

Chinese restaurant syndrome

打中
dǎ zhòng

to hit (a target)

央中
yāng zhōng

to ask for mediation

中密度纤维板
zhōng mì dù xiān wéi bǎn

medium-density fiberboard (MDF)

中山服
zhōng shān fú

Chinese tunic suit

中英文对照
zhōng yīng wén duì zhào

Chinese-English parallel texts

从中
cóng zhōng
快感中心
kuài gǎn zhōng xīn

pleasure center

冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ

dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried

中试
zhòng shì

to pass a test

不完全中立
bù wán quán zhōng lì

imperfect neutrality

山中无老虎,猴子称大王
shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng

in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)

中朝
zhōng cháo

Sino-Korean

肉毒中毒
ròu dú zhòng dú

botulism

中国城
zhōng guó chéng

Chinatown

中枪
zhòng qiāng

to be hit by a gun

高中
gāo zhōng

senior high school

房产中介
fáng chǎn zhōng jiè

real estate agent

一枪命中
yī qiāng mìng zhòng

to hit with the first shot (idiom)

热中子
rè zhōng zǐ

thermal neutron

巴中市
bā zhōng shì

Bazhong prefecture-level city in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan

中段
zhōng duàn

middle section; middle period; middle area; mid-

中华电视
zhōng huá diàn shì

Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan

中继器
zhōng jì qì

repeater

中国剩余定理
zhōng guó shèng yú dìng lǐ

Chinese remainder theorem (math.)

中子
zhōng zǐ

neutron

中环
zhōng huán

Central, Hong Kong Island

中看
zhōng kàn

pleasant to the eye

中农
zhōng nóng

Chinese agriculture

心中无数
xīn zhōng wú shù

to have no idea

中气层
zhōng qì céng

mesosphere

半中腰
bàn zhōng yāo

middle

中签
zhòng qiān

to win a ballot; to draw a lucky number

中华秋沙鸭
zhōng huá qiū shā yā

(bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)

中华
zhōng huá

China (alternate formal name)

中印半岛
zhōng yìn bàn dǎo

Indochina

置中对齐
zhì zhōng duì qí

centered alignment (typography)

中指
zhōng zhǐ

middle finger

瓮中之鳖
wèng zhōng zhī biē

lit. like a turtle in a jar

甲醇中毒
jiǎ chún zhōng dú

methyl alcohol poisoning

死中求生
sǐ zhōng qiú shēng

to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life

中国通
zhōng guó tōng

China watcher

中国风
zhōng guó fēng

Chinese style

乌拉特中旗
wū lā tè zhōng qí

Urat Center banner or Urdyn Dund khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia

东中国海
dōng zhōng guó hǎi

East China sea

中国产
zhōng guó chǎn

made in China

中老年人
zhōng lǎo nián rén

middle-aged and elderly people

中国石油天然气集团公司
zhōng guó shí yóu tiān rán qì jí tuán gōng sī

China National Petroleum Corporation

中庸
zhōng yōng

the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[sì shū]

中间
zhōng jiān

the middle; the inside

中小学
zhōng xiǎo xué

middle and elementary school

选中
xuǎn zhòng

to choose

中国经营报
zhōng guó jīng yíng bào

China Business (a Beijing newspaper)

天津环球金融中心
tiān jīn huán qiú jīn róng zhōng xīn

Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower

局外中立
jú wài zhōng lì

neutralism

同道中人
tóng dào zhōng rén

kindred spirit

一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì

(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on

中国天主教爱国会
zhōng guó tiān zhǔ jiào ài guó huì

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association

中国社会科学院
zhōng guó shè huì kē xué yuàn

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

猜中
cāi zhòng

to guess correctly

切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì

to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target

中度性肺水肿
zhōng dù xìng fèi shuǐ zhǒng

toxic pulmonary edema

中土
zhōng tǔ

Sino-Turkish

其中
qí zhōng

among

池中物
chí zhōng wù

person of no particular talent

中巴
zhōng bā

China-Pakistan (relations)

空中炮舰
kōng zhōng pào jiàn

gunship (aircraft)

讯框中继
xùn kuàng zhōng jì

frame relay (telecommunications)

中央党校
zhōng yāng dǎng xiào

Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933

大西洋洋中脊
dà xī yáng yáng zhōng jǐ

Atlantic mid-ocean ridge

中餐馆
zhōng cān guǎn

Chinese restaurant

中国梦
zhōng guó mèng

Chinese Dream (i.e. the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation), term associated with Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平[xí jìn píng]

一中原则
yī zhōng yuán zé

One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China

中石化
zhōng shí huà

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec

中南
zhōng nán

South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan)

普通中学
pǔ tōng zhōng xué

general middle school

多端中继器
duō duān zhōng jì qì

multiport repeater

科尔沁左翼中
kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì zhōng

Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia

中叶
zhōng yè

mid- (e.g. mid-century)

中西
zhōng xī

China and the West

中西医结合
zhōng xī yī jié hé

to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine

中国精密机械进出口公司
zhōng guó jīng mì jī xiè jìn chū kǒu gōng sī

China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC)

中央广播电台
zhōng yāng guǎng bō diàn tái

Radio Taiwan International (RTI)

切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài

to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)

个中
gè zhōng

therein

中央研究院
zhōng yāng yán jiū yuàn

Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei

看不中
kàn bu zhòng

not impressed by

中提琴
zhōng tí qín

viola

暗中
àn zhōng

in the dark

寓管理于服务之中
yù guǎn lǐ yú fú wù zhī zhōng

to make administration service-oriented

中华龙鸟
zhōng huá lóng niǎo

Sinosauropteryx, a small dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period

中俄伊犁条约
zhōng é yī lí tiáo yuē

Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights

中彩
zhòng cǎi

to win a prize at a lottery

中爪哇
zhōng zhǎo wā

Central Java, province of Indonesia

中轴
zhōng zhóu

axis

中央银行
zhōng yāng yín háng

Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

中央邦
zhōng yāng bāng

Madhya Pradesh, central Indian state

中医学
zhōng yī xué

traditional Chinese medicine

东南西北中
dōng nán xī běi zhōng

the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle

妙在不言中
miào zài bù yán zhōng

the charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom)

中方县
zhōng fāng xiàn

Zhongfang county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan

中青年
zhōng qīng nián

middle-aged

料中
liào zhòng

to suppose correctly

初中生
chū zhōng shēng

junior high student

中国新民党
zhōng guó xīn mín dǎng

New Democracy Party of China, a short-lived party founded in 2007 by human rights activist Guo Quan, who was jailed in 2009

中航技进出口有限责任公司
zhōng háng jì jìn chū kǒu yǒu xiàn zé rèn gōng sī

China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)

中华航空公司
zhōng huá háng kōng gōng sī

China Airlines (Taiwan)

中国工商银行
zhōng guó gōng shāng yín háng

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

看中
kàn zhòng

to have a preference for

中试
zhōng shì

pilot test (in product development etc)

中华台北
zhōng huá tái běi

Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events

投中
tóu zhòng

to hit the target with one's throw

空中交通管制员
kōng zhōng jiāo tōng guǎn zhì yuán

air traffic controller

汉中市
hàn zhōng shì

Hanzhong prefecture-level city in Shaanxi

中水
zhōng shuǐ

reclaimed water

连中三元
lián zhòng sān yuán

(sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)

中华苏维埃共和国
zhōng huá sū wéi āi gòng hé guó

Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937)

中国人权民运信息中心
zhōng guó rén quán mín yùn xìn xī zhōng xīn

Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong

中帮
zhōng bāng

mid-top (shoes)

食物中毒
shí wù zhòng dú

food poisoning

中北大学
zhōng běi dà xué

North University of China (Shanxi)

运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外
yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài

a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

中板
zhōng bǎn

moderato

中弹
zhòng dàn

to get hit by a bullet; to get shot

中正
zhōng zhèng

adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[jiǎng jiè shí]

敲中背
qiāo zhōng bèi

to receive oral sex from a prostitute

中西部
zhōng xī bù

midwest

中越战争
zhōng yuè zhàn zhēng

Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

欧洲核子研究中心
ōu zhōu hé zǐ yán jiū zhōng xīn

European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva

中国航空工业公司
zhōng guó háng kōng gōng yè gōng sī

Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)

吃得苦中苦,方为人上人
chī dé kǔ zhōng kǔ , fāng wéi rén shàng rén

one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)

美中不足
měi zhōng bù zú

everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

中流
zhōng liú

midstream

德意志学术交流中心
dé yì zhì xué shù jiāo liú zhōng xīn

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

中华田园犬
zhōng huá tián yuán quǎn

Chinese rural dog

中大西洋脊
zhōng dà xī yáng jǐ

mid-Atlantic ridge

安徽中医学院
ān huī zhōng yī xué yuàn

Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

正中下怀
zhèng zhòng xià huái

exactly what one wants

关中地区
guān zhōng dì qū

Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi

绥中县
suí zhōng xiàn

Suizhong county in Huludao 葫蘆島|葫芦岛, Liaoning

中国政法大学
zhōng guó zhèng fǎ dà xué

China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[chāng píng], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海澱區|海淀区[hǎi diàn qū]

独立中文笔会
dú lì zhōng wén bǐ huì

Independent Chinese PEN center

中阳县
zhōng yáng xiàn

Zhangyang county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西

中径
zhōng jìng

diameter

追寻现代中国
zhuī xún xiàn dài zhōng guó

In Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷|史景迁[shǐ jǐng qiān]

中国人
zhōng guó rén

Chinese person

杨澄中
yáng chéng zhōng

Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist

短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng

to make the best of a bad job

得中
dé zhòng

(as in an imperial examination) to be a successful candidate

中国游艺机游乐园协会
zhōng guó yóu yì jī yóu lè yuán xié huì

China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (CAAPA)

古根罕喷气推进研究中心
gǔ gēn hǎn pēn qì tuī jìn yán jiū zhōng xīn

Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT, from 1926)

忙中有失
máng zhōng yǒu shī

rushed work leads to errors (idiom)

中国国际广播电台
zhōng guó guó jì guǎng bō diàn tái

China Radio International

意中事
yì zhōng shì

sth that is expected or wished for

隆中
lóng zhōng

scenic area near Xiangyang 襄陽|襄阳[xiāng yáng] in Hubei, known as the secluded mountainous location where Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[zhū gě liàng] lived as a young man

中央电视台
zhōng yāng diàn shì tái

China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network

之中
zhī zhōng

inside

空中飘浮
kōng zhōng piāo fú

to float in the air

中央专制集权
zhōng yāng zhuān zhì jí quán

centralized autocratic rule

中国林蛙
zhōng guó lín wā

Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis)

中俄边界协议
zhōng é biān jiè xié yì

Sino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991

中国东方航空
zhōng guó dōng fāng háng kōng

China Eastern Airlines

商业中心
shāng yè zhōng xīn

business center

居中对齐
jū zhōng duì qí

centered alignment (typography)

资中
zī zhōng

Zizhong county in Neijiang 內江|内江[nèi jiāng], Sichuan

发言中肯
fā yán zhòng kěn

to hit the nail on the head (idiom)

中海油
zhōng hǎi yóu

China National Offshore Oil Corporation

科尔沁右翼中旗
kē ěr qìn yòu yì zhōng qí

Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia

中枢神经系统
zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒng

central nervous system, CNS

中国文学艺术界联合会
zhōng guó wén xué yì shù jiè lián hé huì

China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)

中国工程院
zhōng guó gōng chéng yuàn

Chinese Academy of Engineering

无形中
wú xíng zhōng

imperceptibly

人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng

a giant among men (idiom)

集中托运
jí zhōng tuō yùn

consolidated cargo (transportation)

彀中
gòu zhōng

within the range of a bow and arrow

中岳
zhōng yuè

Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]

中央财经大学
zhōng yāng cái jīng dà xué

Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing

空中劫持
kōng zhōng jié chí

to hijack (a plane)

中专
zhōng zhuān

vocational secondary school

说中
shuō zhòng

to hit the nail on the head

躺着也中枪
tǎng zhe yě zhòng qiāng

(Internet slang) (lit.) to get shot even though lying down; (fig.) to be unfairly targeted

中央海岭
zhōng yāng hǎi lǐng

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

中关村
zhōng guān cūn

Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores

丁肇中
dīng zhào zhōng

Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics

中高度防空
zhōng gāo dù fáng kōng

high-to-medium-altitude air defense (HIMAD)

中招
zhōng zhāo

senior high school enrollment

金玉其外,败絮其中
jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng

gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

胸中
xiōng zhōng

one's mind

中国长城工业公司
zhōng guó cháng chéng gōng yè gōng sī

China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)

中共中央组织部
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng zǔ zhī bù

Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which oversees appointments of Party members to official positions throughout China

得中
dé zhōng

moderate; appropriate; suitable

进退中绳
jìn tuì zhōng shéng

to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible

中牟县
zhōng móu xiàn

Zhongmou county in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan

中国感恩节
zhōng guó gǎn ēn jié

Chinese Thanksgiving, another name for 蛋炒飯節|蛋炒饭节[dàn chǎo fàn jié]

兴中会
xīng zhōng huì

Revive China Society, founded by Dr Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 in 1894 in Honolulu

种族中心主义
zhǒng zú zhōng xīn zhǔ yì

ethnocentrism

中脊
zhōng jǐ

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

中式
zhōng shì

Chinese style

冥冥之中
míng míng zhī zhōng

in the unseen world of spirits

中国联通
zhōng guó lián tōng

China Unicom

恒生中资企业指数
héng shēng zhōng zī qǐ yè zhǐ shù

Hang Seng China affiliated index

中生代
zhōng shēng dài

Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)

中间神经元
zhōng jiān shén jīng yuán

interneuron

空中花园
kōng zhōng huā yuán

hanging gardens (Babylon etc)

大洋中脊
dà yáng zhōng jǐ

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

中国无线电频谱管理和监测
zhōng guó wú xiàn diàn pín pǔ guǎn lǐ hé jiān cè

China state radio regulation committee SRRC

中亚鸽
zhōng yà gē

(bird species of China) yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni)

空中格斗
kōng zhōng gé dòu

dogfight (of planes)

帧中继
zhēn zhōng jì

frame relay

年中
nián zhōng

within the year

中非共和国
zhōng fēi gòng hé guó

Central African Republic

金玉其表,败絮其中
jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng

gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

不幸言中
bù xìng yán zhòng

to turn out just as one predicted or feared

中华全国总工会
zhōng huá quán guó zǒng gōng huì

All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)

中央处理机
zhōng yāng chǔ lǐ jī

central processing unit (CPU)

空中交通管制
kōng zhōng jiāo tōng guǎn zhì

air traffic control

中缝
zhōng fèng

vertical space in a newspaper between two attached pages

抽中
chōu zhòng

to win (a prize in a lottery)

大中学生
dà zhōng xué sheng

university and high school students

中寮
zhōng liáo

Zhongliao or Chungliao Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan

中招
zhòng zhāo

(martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down

中性笔
zhōng xìng bǐ

rollerball pen

中原大学
zhōng yuán dà xué

Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan

中盘
zhōng pán

middle game (in go or chess)

疾病预防中心
jí bìng yù fáng zhōng xīn

Center for Disease Control (US)

中华字海
zhōng huá zì hǎi

Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994

中午
zhōng wǔ

noon

中央政府
zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ

central government

中新世
zhōng xīn shì

Miocene (geological epoch from 24m-5m years ago)

中国人民政治协商会议
zhōng guó rén mín zhèng zhì xié shāng huì yì

CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)

言中
yán zhòng

to have one's words prove to be prophetic

送中
sòng zhōng

to extradite to mainland China

扬中
yáng zhōng

Yangzhong, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[zhèn jiāng], Jiangsu

中区
zhōng qū

central district (of a city)

中国人民对外友好协会
zhōng guó rén mín duì wài yǒu hǎo xié huì

Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)

中原
zhōng yuán

Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei

中华鹧鸪
zhōng huá zhè gū

(bird species of China) Chinese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus)

脑卒中
nǎo cù zhòng

stroke

中台
zhōng tái

China and Taiwan

孙中山
sūn zhōng shān

Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党

眼中钉
yǎn zhōng dīng

a thorn in one's side

中阳
zhōng yáng

Zhangyang county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西

中国菜
zhōng guó cài

Chinese cuisine

中伤
zhòng shāng

to slander; to defame

中间纤维
zhōng jiān xiān wéi

intermediate filament

中灶
zhōng zào

mess hall for mid-level cadres

中毒途径
zhōng dú tú jìng

poisoning route

空中飞人
kōng zhōng fēi rén

trapeze artist

中心矩
zhōng xīn jǔ

(statistics) central moment

中国人民解放军
zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)

中德诊所
zhōng dé zhěn suǒ

Sino-German clinic

中缀
zhōng zhuì

infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression

中信银行
zhōng xìn yín háng

China CITIC Bank

中介资料
zhōng jiè zī liào

metadata

中国移动通信
zhōng guó yí dòng tōng xìn

China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)

中性粒细胞
zhōng xìng lì xì bāo

neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell)

空中分列
kōng zhōng fēn liè

(military) flyover

中坜
zhōng lì

Zhongli or Chungli city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan

火中取栗
huǒ zhōng qǔ lì

lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom)

掌中戏
zhǎng zhōng xì

see 布袋戲|布袋戏[bù dài xì]

三中全会
sān zhōng quán huì

third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party

中日韩统一表意文字
zhōng rì hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì

China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs

中美洲
zhōng měi zhōu

Central America

中国人民解放军空军
zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn kōng jūn

People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)

中间层
zhōng jiān céng

mesosphere

国际医疗中心
guó jì yī liáo zhōng xīn

International Medical Center

中石器时代
zhōng shí qì shí dài

Mesolithic Era

中超
zhōng chāo

Chinese Super League (soccer)

中庭
zhōng tíng

courtyard

中国海事局
zhōng guó hǎi shì jú

PRC Maritime Safety Agency

中常
zhōng cháng

ordinary

中国民主促进会
zhōng guó mín zhǔ cù jìn huì

China Association for Promoting Democracy

水中捞月
shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè

lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)

中复电讯
zhōng fù diàn xùn

Zoomflight Telecom (Chinese company)

中盘商
zhōng pán shāng

distributor

无中生有
wú zhōng shēng yǒu

to create something from nothing (idiom)

中国人民银行
zhōng guó rén mín yín háng

People's Bank of China

微中子
wēi zhōng zǐ

neutrino (particle physics)

中国西北边陲
zhōng guó xī běi biān chuí

border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)

中国法学会
zhōng guó fǎ xué huì

China Law Society

中华民族
zhōng huá mín zú

the Chinese nation

辽中县
liáo zhōng xiàn

Liaozhong county in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning

地中海贫血
dì zhōng hǎi pín xuè

thalassemia (medicine)

旅游集散中心
lǚ yóu jí sàn zhōng xīn

tour group assembly and dispatch center

城中村
chéng zhōng cūn

village within a city

中国海
zhōng guó hǎi

the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)

田中角荣
tián zhōng jiǎo róng

Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974

中国广播公司
zhōng guó guǎng bō gōng sī

Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC)

中国海洋石油总公司
zhōng guó hǎi yáng shí yóu zǒng gōng sī

CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation

中亚草原
zhōng yà cǎo yuán

Central Asian grasslands

中程
zhōng chéng

medium-range

中国国家博物馆
zhōng guó guó jiā bó wù guǎn

National Museum of China

中篇小说
zhōng piān xiǎo shuō

novella

中山狼传
zhōng shān láng zhuàn

The Wolf of Zhongshan, fable by Ma Zhongxi 馬中錫|马中锡[mǎ zhōng xī]

命中
mìng zhòng

to hit (a target)

娱乐中心
yú lè zhōng xīn

amusement park

中俄关系
zhōng é guān xì

Sino-Russian relations

中东
zhōng dōng

Middle East

世贸中心大楼
shì mào zhōng xīn dà lóu

World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)

外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān

strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)

中转柜台
zhōng zhuǎn guì tái

transfer desk

中间件
zhōng jiān jiàn

middleware

中立派
zhōng lì pài

centrist

中山市
zhōng shān shì

Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[guǎng dōng shěng] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace

中沙群岛
zhōng shā qún dǎo

Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island

中国人大
zhōng guó rén dà

China National People's Congress

瓮中捉鳖
wèng zhōng zhuō biē

lit. to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom)

震中
zhèn zhōng

earthquake epicenter

中邪
zhòng xié

to be possessed; to be bewitched

中国伊斯兰教协会
zhōng guó yī sī lán jiào xié huì

Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association

中山陵
zhōng shān líng

Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing

中长跑
zhōng cháng pǎo

middle distance race

中国共产主义青年团
zhōng guó gòng chǎn zhǔ yì qīng nián tuán

Communist Youth League of China

中纪委
zhōng jì wěi

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres

中国地震台网
zhōng guó dì zhèn tái wǎng

China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局[zhōng guó dì zhèn jú]

中澳
zhōng ào

China-Australia (relations)

研究中心
yán jiū zhōng xīn

research center

房中房
fáng zhōng fáng

room constructed within an existing room

中计
zhòng jì

to fall into a trap; to be taken in

中乐透
zhòng lè tòu

to have a win in the lottery

英中
yīng zhōng

(Hong Kong) secondary school that uses English as a medium of instruction (\EMI school\)

中国民用航空局
zhōng guó mín yòng háng kōng jú

Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)

广州中医药大学
guǎng zhōu zhōng yī yào dà xué

Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

中央军委
zhōng yāng jūn wěi

Central Military Committee (CMC)

世界金融中心
shì jiè jīn róng zhōng xīn

World Financial Center (New York City)

中西合璧
zhōng xī hé bì

harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)

便中
biàn zhōng

at one's convenience

贸易中心
mào yì zhōng xīn

trade center

汉中地区
hàn zhōng dì qū

Hanzhong prefecture, Shaanxi

一中一台
yī zhōng yī tái

one China and one Taiwan (policy)

古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài

at all times and in all places (idiom)

湟中
huáng zhōng

Huangzhong county in Xining 西寧|西宁[xī níng], Qinghai

女大不中留
nǚ dà bù zhōng liú

when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

中心点
zhōng xīn diǎn

center

中国银行
zhōng guó yín háng

Bank of China (BoC)

震惊中外
zhèn jīng zhōng wài

to shock the whole world

中国鸟类学会
zhōng guó niǎo lèi xué huì

China Ornithological Society

中焦
zhōng jiāo

(TCM) middle burner, the part of the body within the abdominal cavity (between the diaphragm and the navel, including the spleen and stomach)

中举
zhòng jǔ

to pass the provincial level imperial examination

切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng

to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home

期中
qī zhōng

interim

秀外慧中
xiù wài huì zhōng

good-looking and intelligent (idiom)

华中
huá zhōng

central China

中毒性
zhòng dú xìng

poisonous

中子射线摄影
zhōng zǐ shè xiàn shè yǐng

neutron radiography

中国北方工业公司
zhōng guó běi fāng gōng yè gōng sī

China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)

中国地震局
zhōng guó dì zhèn jú

China Earthquake Administration (CEA)

发展研究中心
fā zhǎn yán jiū zhōng xīn

Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)

中保
zhōng bǎo

middleman and guarantor

中场
zhōng chǎng

middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)

欧洲中央银行
ōu zhōu zhōng yāng yín háng

European Central Bank

中国特色社会主义
zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì

socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era

中国共产党
zhōng guó gòng chǎn dǎng

Communist Party of China

中立国
zhōng lì guó

neutral country

中国商用飞机
zhōng guó shāng yòng fēi jī

COMAC (Chinese aeronautics company)

占中
zhàn zhōng

Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)

血中毒
xuè zhòng dú

blood poisoning

中胚层
zhōng pēi céng

mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)

诉讼中
sù sòng zhōng

pendente lite

中俄北京条约
zhōng é běi jīng tiáo yuē

the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia

刺中
cì zhòng

to hit with a piercing blow

中江
zhōng jiāng

Zhongjiang county in Deyang 德陽|德阳[dé yáng], Sichuan

中埔乡
zhōng pǔ xiāng

Zhongpu or Chungpu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

空中小姐
kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě

stewardess

中共中央宣传部
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng xuān chuán bù

Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

奥斯威辛集中营
ào sī wēi xīn jí zhōng yíng

Auschwitz concentration camp

中线
zhōng xiàn

half-way line

中毒
zhòng dú

to be poisoned

中学生
zhōng xué shēng

middle-school student

中等师范学校
zhōng děng shī fàn xué xiào

secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)

欧洲核子中心
ōu zhōu hé zǐ zhōng xīn

European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva

中型
zhōng xíng

medium sized

中国邮政
zhōng guó yóu zhèng

China Post (Chinese postal service)

中年
zhōng nián

middle age

单端孢霉烯类毒素中毒症
dān duān bāo méi xī lèi dú sù zhōng dú zhèng

trichothecenes toxicosis

中法
zhōng fǎ

China-France (cooperation); Sino-French

中宁县
zhōng níng xiàn

Zhongning county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫[zhōng wèi], Ningxia

中华民国
zhōng huá mín guó

Republic of China

中华人民共和国
zhōng huá rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Republic of China

中央戏剧学院
zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn

Central Academy of Drama

中和剂
zhōng hé jì

neutralizing agent; neutralizer

中短债
zhōng duǎn zhài

short- or medium-term loan

中亚细亚
zhōng yà xì yà

Central Asia

中华仙鹟
zhōng huá xiān wēng

(bird species of China) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)

胡慧中
hú huì zhōng

Sibelle Hu (1958-), Taiwanese actress

中央凹
zhōng yāng āo

fovea centralis (depression in the macula retina, most sensitive optic region)

高中学生
gāo zhōng xué shēng

student of a senior high school

中伏
zhòng fú

to be ambushed

发展中
fā zhǎn zhōng

developing

中国船舶贸易公司
zhōng guó chuán bó mào yì gōng sī

China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation (CSTC)

中旅社
zhōng lǚ shè

China Travel Service (CTS), state-owned travel company

中国银行业监督管理委员会
zhōng guó yín háng yè jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì

China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)

切中
qiè zhòng

to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home

中央情报局
zhōng yāng qíng bào jú

US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA

中国国防科技信息中心
zhōng guó guó fáng kē jì xìn xī zhōng xīn

China Defense Science and Technology Information Center (CDSTIC)

话中有刺
huà zhōng yǒu cì

one's words carry barbs

适中
shì zhōng

moderate

中古汉语
zhōng gǔ hàn yǔ

Middle Chinese (linguistics)

中国致公党
zhōng guó zhì gōng dǎng

(PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP

中分
zhōng fēn

to part one's hair in the middle

中秋节
zhōng qiū jié

the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month

中国
zhōng guó

China

急性氰化物中毒
jí xìng qíng huà wù zhōng dú

acute cyanide poisoning

中央委员会
zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì

Central Committee

中俄尼布楚条约
zhōng é ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē

Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia

中国民主建国会
zhōng guó mín zhǔ jiàn guó huì

China Democratic National Construction Association

中产阶级
zhōng chǎn jiē jí

middle class

中心粒
zhōng xīn lì

centriole

一个中国政策
yī gè zhōng guó zhèng cè

one-China policy

二氯乙烷中毒
èr lǜ yǐ wán zhōng dú

dichloroethane poisoning

中洋脊
zhōng yáng jǐ

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

中继资料
zhōng jì zī liào

metadata

中国籍
zhōng guó jí

Chinese (i.e. of Chinese nationality)

中的
zhòng dì

to hit the target

中规中矩
zhòng guī zhòng jǔ

conforming with the norms of society

中甸县
zhōng diàn xiàn

Gyeltang or Gyalthang town and county, former name of Shangri-La County 香格里拉縣|香格里拉县[xiāng gé lǐ lā xiàn] in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan

高级中学
gāo jí zhōng xué

senior high school

中选
zhòng xuǎn

to be chosen; to be selected

中国式
zhōng guó shì

Chinese style

中卫
zhōng wèi

Zhongwei, prefecture-level city in Ningxia

中空
zhōng kōng

hollow

田中镇
tián zhōng zhèn

Tianzhong or Tienchung Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan

中国残疾人联合会
zhōng guó cán jí rén lián hé huì

China Disabled Persons' Federation

中港
zhōng gǎng

PRC and Hong Kong

中古
zhōng gǔ

Sino-Cuban

汉中
hàn zhōng

Hanzhong prefecture-level city in Shaanxi

中国证券报
zhōng guó zhèng quàn bào

China Securities Journal

中级
zhōng jí

middle level (in a hierarchy)

中央音乐学院
zhōng yāng yīn yuè xué yuàn

Central Conservatory of Music

中医
zhōng yī

traditional Chinese medical science

中站区
zhōng zhàn qū

Zhongzhan district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市[jiāo zuò shì], Henan

杯中物
bēi zhōng wù

the contents of the cup

中锋
zhōng fēng

midfielder

目中无人
mù zhōng wú rén

to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters

中和
zhōng hé

Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

中声
zhōng shēng

the medial (vowel or diphthong) of a Korean syllable

空中少爷
kōng zhōng shào ye

airline steward

中国日报
zhōng guó rì bào

China Daily (an English language newspaper)

男中音
nán zhōng yīn

baritone

中国新闻社
zhōng guó xīn wén shè

China News Service

中意
zhōng yì

Sino-Italian

购物中心
gòu wù zhōng xīn

shopping center

中风
zhòng fēng

to suffer a paralyzing stroke

中止
zhōng zhǐ

to cease

空中客车
kōng zhōng kè chē

Airbus (aerospace company)

中途岛战役
zhōng tú dǎo zhàn yì

Battle of Midway, June 1942

中方
zhōng fāng

the Chinese side (in an international venture)

中人
zhōng rén

go-between

空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé

pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction

身在福中不知福
shēn zài fú zhōng bù zhī fú

to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off

中用
zhōng yòng

useful

中国航空运输协会
zhōng guó háng kōng yùn shū xié huì

China Air Transport Association (CATA)

集中
jí zhōng

to concentrate

琼中
qióng zhōng

Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan

中文
zhōng wén

Chinese language

中寮乡
zhōng liáo xiāng

Zhongliao or Chungliao Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan

中成药
zhōng chéng yào

prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)

大西洋中脊
dà xī yáng zhōng jǐ

Atlantic mid-ocean ridge

中卫市
zhōng wèi shì

Zhongwei, prefecture-level city in Ningxia

中美
zhōng měi

China-USA

附中
fù zhōng

attached (or affiliated) secondary (or middle) school

中间路线
zhōng jiān lù xiàn

middle road (in politics)

筐箧中物
kuāng qiè zhōng wù

a commonplace thing

人中
rén zhōng

philtrum

雪中送炭
xuě zhōng sòng tàn

lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)

中天
zhōng tiān

culmination (astronomy)

中央执行委员会
zhōng yāng zhí xíng wěi yuán huì

Central Executive Committee

大中华
dà zhōng huá

Greater China

中等专业教育
zhōng děng zhuān yè jiào yù

technical middle school education

中山大学
zhōng shān dà xué

Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou)

中国共产党中央委员会宣传部
zhōng guó gòng chǎn dǎng zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì xuān chuán bù

Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China

中路
zhōng lù

midway

中餐
zhōng cān

lunch

中间人
zhōng jiān rén

intermediary

盒中袋
hé zhōng dài

bag-in-box (packaging)

房屋中介
fáng wū zhōng jiè

housing agent

问鼎中原
wèn dǐng zhōng yuán

to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)

中点
zhōng diǎn

midpoint

当中
dāng zhōng

among

螫中
zhē zhòng

(of a bee, jellyfish etc) to sting (sb)

两个中国
liǎng gè zhōng guó

two-China (policy)

中央分车带
zhōng yāng fēn chē dài

median strip

初级中学
chū jí zhōng xué

junior high school

商务中心区
shāng wù zhōng xīn qū

central business district (e.g. CBD of Beijing)

中华短翅莺
zhōng huá duǎn chì yīng

(bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia)

中国证监会
zhōng guó zhèng jiàn huì

China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)

中饭
zhōng fàn

lunch

中小企业
zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè

small and medium enterprise

中国美术馆
zhōng guó měi shù guǎn

National Art Museum of China

中俄改订条约
zhōng é gǎi dìng tiáo yuē

Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights

书中自有黄金屋,书中自有颜如玉
shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù

lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb)

忙中有错
máng zhōng yǒu cuò

rushed work leads to errors (idiom)

中国红
zhōng guó hóng

vermilion

北方中杜鹃
běi fāng zhōng dù juān

(bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

中介
zhōng jiè

to act as intermediary

北京中医药大学
běi jīng zhōng yī yào dà xué

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

四乙基铅中毒
sì yǐ jī qiān zhōng dú

tetraethyl lead poisoning

中南半岛
zhōng nán bàn dǎo

Indochina

中外
zhōng wài

Sino-foreign

中日
zhōng rì

China-Japan

贫下中农
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)

中江县
zhōng jiāng xiàn

Zhongjiang county in Deyang 德陽|德阳[dé yáng], Sichuan

中国航天工业公司
zhōng guó háng tiān gōng yè gōng sī

China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) 中國航天科技集團公司|中国航天科技集团公司

中南海
zhōng nán hǎi

Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council

中期
zhōng qī

middle (of a period of time)

中国国家环保局
zhōng guó guó jiā huán bǎo jú

PRC State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)

中共中央办公厅
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng bàn gōng tīng

General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee

中牟
zhōng mù

Zhongmu county in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan

中等教育
zhōng děng jiào yù

secondary education

正中
zhèng zhōng

middle

中尉
zhōng wèi

lieutenant (navy)

疾控中心
jí kòng zhōng xīn

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

中国新闻网
zhōng guó xīn wén wǎng

China News Service website (chinanews.com)

中辣
zhōng là

hot

中间派
zhōng jiān pài

party of compromise

瞬发中子
shùn fā zhōng zǐ

prompt neutron

城中区
chéng zhōng qū

city central district

中奖
zhòng jiǎng

to win a prize (in a lottery etc)

海军中校
hǎi jūn zhōng xiào

commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent)

中国联合航空
zhōng guó lián hé háng kōng

China United Airlines

中山装
zhōng shān zhuāng

Chinese tunic suit

中国人民武装警察部队
zhōng guó rén mín wǔ zhuāng jǐng chá bù duì

Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)

朝鲜中央通讯社
cháo xiǎn zhōng yāng tōng xùn shè

North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

中子源
zhōng zǐ yuán

neutron source

中甸
zhōng diàn

Gyeltang or Gyalthang town and county, former name of Shangri-La County 香格里拉縣|香格里拉县[xiāng gé lǐ lā xiàn] in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan

党中央
dǎng zhōng yāng

Central Committee of the CCP

中式
zhòng shì

to pass the imperial examinations

中兴
zhōng xīng

resurgence

中央直辖市
zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì

municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision

中量级
zhōng liàng jí

middleweight (boxing etc)

中断
zhōng duàn

to cut short

中站
zhōng zhàn

Zhongzhan district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市[jiāo zuò shì], Henan

中等
zhōng děng

medium

中心区
zhōng xīn qū

central district

恶语中伤
è yǔ zhòng shāng

to slander viciously

恶意中伤
è yì zhòng shāng

to slander maliciously

中杓鹬
zhōng sháo yù

(bird species of China) whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

中央军事委员会
zhōng yāng jūn shì wěi yuán huì

(PRC) Central Military Commission

中英
zhōng yīng

Sino-British

中药
zhōng yào

traditional Chinese medicine

胸中无数
xiōng zhōng wú shù

see 心中無數|心中无数[xīn zhōng wú shù]

橐中装
tuó zhōng zhuāng

gems

逐鹿中原
zhú lù zhōng yuán

lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom)

资中县
zī zhōng xiàn

Zizhong county in Neijiang 內江|内江[nèi jiāng], Sichuan

中兴新村
zhōng xīng xīn cūn

Zhongxing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan

中国科学院
zhōng guó kē xué yuàn

Chinese Academy of Science

月中
yuè zhōng

middle of month

呼叫中心
hū jiào zhōng xīn

call center

中国青年报
zhōng guó qīng nián bào

China Youth Daily, www.cyol.net

中国进出口银行
zhōng guó jìn chū kǒu yín háng

The Export-Import Bank of China (state-owned bank)

心中有鬼
xīn zhōng yǒu guǐ

to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)

中南部
zhōng nán bù

south central region

全身中毒性毒剂
quán shēn zhōng dú xìng dú jì

systemic agent

香港文化中心
xiāng gǎng wén huà zhōng xīn

Hong Kong Cultural Center

中体西用
zhōng tǐ xī yòng

adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core

中立
zhōng lì

neutral

短中取长
duǎn zhōng qǔ cháng

see 短中抽長|短中抽长[duǎn zhōng chōu cháng]

市中心
shì zhōng xīn

city center

张治中
zhāng zhì zhōng

Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general

俄中朝
é zhōng cháo

Russia, China and North Korea

中央民族大学
zhōng yāng mín zú dà xué

Central University for Nationalities

鼻中隔
bí zhōng gé

nasal septum

中国作家协会
zhōng guó zuò jiā xié huì

China Writers Association (CWA)

中将
zhōng jiàng

lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal

中国石油和化学工业协会
zhōng guó shí yóu hé huà xué gōng yè xié huì

China Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA)

中苏解决悬案大纲协定
zhōng sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng

the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China

中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室
zhōng yāng rén mín zhèng fǔ zhù xiāng gǎng tè bié xíng zhèng qū lián luò bàn gōng shì

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

快中子
kuài zhōng zǐ

fast neutrons

中国化
zhōng guó huà

to sinicize

途中
tú zhōng

en route

考中
kǎo zhòng

to pass an exam

强中更有强中手
qiáng zhōng gèng yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu

see 強中自有強中手|强中自有强中手[qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu]

中心
zhōng xīn

center

中法新约
zhōng fǎ xīn yuē

treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France

中层
zhōng céng

middle-ranking

中控面板
zhōng kòng miàn bǎn

center dash console

中西合并
zhōng xī hé bìng

Chinese-Western fusion

中国小说史略
zhōng guó xiǎo shuō shǐ lüe4

Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[lǔ xùn]

中国大百科全书出版社
zhōng guó dà bǎi kē quán shū chū bǎn shè

Encyclopedia of China Publishing House

晋中市
jìn zhōng shì

Jinzhong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西[shān xī]

国家标准中文交换码
guó jiā biāo zhǔn zhōng wén jiāo huàn mǎ

CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992

信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài

to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)

中亚
zhōng yà

Central Asia

中途搁浅
zhōng tú gē qiǎn

to run aground in mid-course

中东呼吸综合征
zhōng dōng hū xī zōng hé zhèng

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

中子弹
zhōng zǐ dàn

neutron bomb

巴中
bā zhōng

Bazhong prefecture-level city in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan

中国国家原子能机构
zhōng guó guó jiā yuán zǐ néng jī gòu

China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA)

中草药
zhōng cǎo yào

Chinese herbal medicine

阆中市
láng zhōng shì

Lanzhong, county-level city in Nanchong 南充[nán chōng], Sichuan

于雾霭之中
yú wù ǎi zhī zhōng

to be beclouded

中途退场
zhōng tú tuì chǎng

to leave in the middle of the play

中原区
zhōng yuán qū

Zhongyuan District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[zhèng zhōu shì], Henan

中耳炎
zhōng ěr yán

inflammation of middle ear

中国国家环境保护总局
zhōng guó guó jiā huán jìng bǎo hù zǒng jú

PRC State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)

中继
zhōng jì

to relay

风中之烛
fēng zhōng zhī zhú

lit. candle in the wind (idiom)

碳中和
tàn zhōng hé

carbon neutrality

内中
nèi zhōng

within it

中二病
zhōng èr bìng

(neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese \chūnibyō\)

中华全国体育总会
zhōng huá quán guó tǐ yù zǒng huì

All-China Sports Federation

中子数
zhōng zǐ shù

neutron number

强中自有强中手
qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu

(idiom) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger

射中
shè zhòng

to hit the target

唐中宗
táng zhōng zōng

Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, reign name of fourth Tang emperor Li Zhe 李哲[lǐ zhé] (656-710), reigned 705-710

中轴线
zhōng zhóu xiàn

central axis (line)

中国保险监督管理委员会
zhōng guó bǎo xiǎn jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì

China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC)

中饱私囊
zhōng bǎo sī náng

to stuff one's pockets

台中
tái zhōng

Taichung, city in central Taiwan

中资
zhōng zī

Chinese capital

中低端
zhōng dī duān

mid-to-low-range

地中海
dì zhōng hǎi

Mediterranean Sea

管中窥豹
guǎn zhōng kuī bào

lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture

中韩
zhōng hán

China-South Korea

中国时报
zhōng guó shí bào

China Times (newspaper)

不中用
bù zhōng yòng

unfit for anything

中央全会
zhōng yāng quán huì

plenary session of the Central Committee

中央企业
zhōng yāng qǐ yè

centrally-managed state-owned enterprise (PRC)

关中平原
guān zhōng píng yuán

Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi

中央日报
zhōng yāng rì bào

Central Daily News

看得中
kàn de zhòng

to take a liking for

北京国家游泳中心
běi jīng guó jiā yóu yǒng zhōng xīn

Beijing National Aquatics Center, swimming venue of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

中央空调
zhōng yāng kōng tiáo

central air conditioning

晋中
jìn zhōng

Jinzhong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西[shān xī]

中国国家航天局
zhōng guó guó jiā háng tiān jú

China National Space Administration (CNSA)

中括号
zhōng kuò hào

square brackets [ ] (math.)

卒中
cù zhòng

stroke

命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng

decreed by fate (idiom)

发展中国家
fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā

developing country

乐在其中
lè zài qí zhōng

to take pleasure in sth (idiom)

命中率
mìng zhòng lǜ

hit rate

中间名
zhōng jiān míng

middle name

中式英语
zhōng shì yīng yǔ

Chinglish

中枢
zhōng shū

center

医学中心
yī xué zhōng xīn

medical center

榆中
yú zhōng

Yuzhong county in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[lán zhōu], Gansu

中产
zhōng chǎn

middle class

中西医
zhōng xī yī

Chinese and Western medicine

无意中
wú yì zhōng

accidentally

洋中脊
yáng zhōng jǐ

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

俄中
é zhōng

Russia-China

美中台
měi zhōng tái

US-China-Taiwan

中译语通
zhōng yì yǔ tōng

Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd (GTCOM), Chinese big data and AI company

心目中
xīn mù zhōng

in one's eyes

中坚
zhōng jiān

core

中国地球物理学会
zhōng guó dì qiú wù lǐ xué huì

Chinese Geophysical Society

活动中心
huó dòng zhōng xīn

activity center

小食中心
xiǎo shí zhōng xīn

Food court

急中生智
jí zhōng shēng zhì

quick witted in an emergency

中国农业银行
zhōng guó nóng yè yín háng

Agricultural Bank of China

中亚夜鹰
zhōng yà yè yīng

(bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)

肯尼迪航天中心
kěn ní dí háng tiān zhōng xīn

Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo], Florida

中途岛
zhōng tú dǎo

Midway Islands

呼中区
hū zhōng qū

Huzhong district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang

中国国民党革命委员会
zhōng guó guó mín dǎng gé mìng wěi yuán huì

Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang

湟中县
huáng zhōng xiàn

Huangzhong county in Xining 西寧|西宁[xī níng], Qinghai

心中
xīn zhōng

central point

疾病控制中心
jí bìng kòng zhì zhōng xīn

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

中国交通建设
zhōng guó jiāo tōng jiàn shè

China Communications Construction Company

中心埋置关系从句
zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù

center-embedded relative clauses

中白鹭
zhōng bái lù

(bird species of China) intermediate egret (Egretta intermedia)

中标
zhòng biāo

to win a tender; to win a bid

中暑
zhòng shǔ

to suffer heat exhaustion

中看不中用
zhōng kàn bù zhōng yòng

impressive-looking but useless

眼中钉,肉中刺
yǎn zhōng dīng , ròu zhōng cì

a thorn in one's side

周中
zhōu zhōng

weekday

中途
zhōng tú

midway

堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng

lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss

吴中
wú zhōng

Wuzhong district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市[sū zhōu shì], Jiangsu

睡梦中
shuì mèng zhōng

fast asleep

半空中
bàn kōng zhōng

in midair

金宇中
jīn yǔ zhōng

Kim Woo-jung (1936-), Korean businessman and founder of the Daewoo Group

阆中
láng zhōng

Lanzhong, county-level city in Nanchong 南充[nán chōng], Sichuan

中印
zhōng yìn

China-India

冰叶日中花
bīng yè rì zhōng huā

ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

中意
zhòng yì

to take one's fancy; to be to one's liking

中厅
zhōng tīng

lobby

中学
zhōng xué

middle school

西南中沙群岛
xī nán zhōng shā qún dǎo

Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan

职业中学
zhí yè zhōng xué

vocational high school

中国国际航空公司
zhōng guó guó jì háng kōng gōng sī

Air China Ltd.

中国国际信托投资公司
zhōng guó guó jì xìn tuō tóu zī gōng sī

CITIC

榆中县
yú zhōng xiàn

Yuzhong county in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[lán zhōu], Gansu

中局
zhōng jú

middle game (in go or chess)

辽中
liáo zhōng

Liaozhong county in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning

美中
měi zhōng

USA-China

世界贸易中心
shì jiè mào yì zhōng xīn

World Trade Center

意中人
yì zhōng rén

sweetheart

中等专业学校
zhōng děng zhuān yè xué xiào

specialized middle school

上海环球金融中心
shàng hǎi huán qiú jīn róng zhōng xīn

Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper

中波
zhōng bō

Chinese-Polish

中国光大银行
zhōng guó guāng dà yín háng

China Everbright Bank

话中有话
huà zhōng yǒu huà

one's words carry an implicit meaning

中国传媒大学
zhōng guó chuán méi dà xué

Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China

中和抗体
zhōng hé kàng tǐ

neutralizing antibody

中都
zhōng dū

Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing

中部
zhōng bù

middle part

中国国际贸易促进委员会
zhōng guó guó jì mào yì cù jìn wěi yuán huì

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

中共九大
zhōng gòng jiǔ dà

Chinese Communist Party 9th congress in 1969

中间商
zhōng jiān shāng

middleman

中国地质大学
zhōng guó dì zhì dà xué

China University of Geosciences

琼中县
qióng zhōng xiàn

Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan

中日韩越
zhōng rì hán yuè

China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

航天中心
háng tiān zhōng xīn

space center

中共中央纪委监察部
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng jì wěi jiān chá bù

party discipline committee

酒精中毒
jiǔ jīng zhòng dú

alcoholism

中流砥柱
zhōng liú dǐ zhù

mainstay

中秋
zhōng qiū

the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month

中华全国妇女联合会
zhōng huá quán guó fù nǚ lián hé huì

All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)

意中
yì zhōng

according with one's wish or expectation

中国银联
zhōng guó yín lián

China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization

中性
zhōng xìng

neutral

传统中国医药
chuán tǒng zhōng guó yī yào

Chinese traditional medicine

中向性格
zhōng xiàng xìng gé

ambiversion

中北部
zhōng běi bù

north central area

肉中刺
ròu zhōng cì

a thorn in one's flesh

香港中文大学
xiāng gǎng zhōng wén dà xué

Chinese University of Hong Kong