China / Chinese / surname Zhong
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within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
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to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
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How to pronounce 中

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= zhu initial

Julian (朱利安 zhū​ lì​ ān) Giant Squid.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

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= zhu initial

Julian (朱利安 zhū​ lì​ ān) Giant Squid.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

中 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
gǔn = gu + (e)n3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
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shù = shu + Ø4
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 中 as component

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
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lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
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(of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with
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Words with 中

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among / in / included among these
center / heart / core / CL:個|个[ge4]
senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]

Sentences with 中

zhǐ
yīn
shǒu
zhōng
quē
shǎo
chèn
shǒu
de
bīng

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zhōng / zhòng

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