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 湾 zhōng wān Middle 中 央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) 中 间 between / intermediate / mid / middle 腰 waist / lower back / pocket / middle / loins 中 期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc) 正 中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub 中 within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right 仲 second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers 半 中 腰 bàn zhōng yāo middle / halfway 半 腰 bàn yāo middle / halfway 正 在 zhèng zài just at (that time) / right in (that place) / right in the middle of (doing sth) 中 学 zhōng xué middle school / CL:個|个[ge4] 当 中 dāng zhōng among / in the middle / in the center 中 级 zhōng jí middle level (in a hierarchy) 中 年 zhōng nián middle age 中 原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei 中 东 Zhōng dōng Middle East 中 旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month 半 夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night 中 部 zhōng bù middle part / central section 中 场 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 初 三 chū sān third year in junior middle school 初 二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 中 指 zhōng zhǐ middle finger 在 (located) at / (to be) in / to exist / in the middle of doing sth / (indicating an action in progress) 中 段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid- 中 世 纪 zhōng shì jì medieval / Middle Ages 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 当 街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street 天 庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven 中 校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 三 军 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 中 盘 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 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) 中 产 zhōng chǎn middle class / bourgeois 中 老 年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age 中 叶 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period 拦 腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist 中 产 阶 级 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class 间 歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence 当 道 dāng dào in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue 耳 膜 ěr mó eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane 米 歇 尔 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 初 级 中 学 chū jí zhōng xué junior high school / junior middle school 中 等 教 育 zhōng děng jiào yù secondary education / middle school education 中 等 专 业 学 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 四 声 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 中 耳 炎 zhōng ěr yán inflammation of middle ear / otitis media 耳 鼓 ěr gǔ eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane 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 Wū Xiá Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] 偏 安 piān ān content to hold a small part of the territory / fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground / forced to move away 鼓 膜 gǔ mó eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane 中 长 跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 中 耳 zhōng ěr middle ear 入 声 rù shēng entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese 兰 花 指 lán huā zhǐ hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended) 正 当 中 zhèng dāng zhōng dead center / the very middle 舌 音 shé yīn coronal consonants of Middle Chinese 坎 儿 井 kǎn r jǐng karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) 褡 裢 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling 空 肠 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 duàn piàn fragment / piece / (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing 中 间 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 鼓 室 gǔ shì tympanic cavity (of the middle ear) 中 纬 度 mid-latitudes / middle latitudes 岙 plain in the middle of the mountains / used in place names, esp. in 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1] and 福建[Fu2 jian4] 青 天 白 日 qīng tiān bái rì in broad daylight / in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background 砧 骨 zhēn gǔ incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone 月 中 yuè zhōng middle of month 听 骨 tīng gǔ ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨 锤 骨 chuí gǔ malleus or hammer bone of middle ear 巴 力 Bā lì Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities 中 古 汉 语 zhōng gǔ Hàn yǔ Middle Chinese (linguistics) 中 压 管 zhōng yā guǎn medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving) 中 东 国 家 zhōng dōng guó jiā Nations of the Middle East / Middle East countries 中 等 专 业 教 育 zhōng děng zhuān yè jiào yù technical middle school education 中 等 技 术 学 校 zhōng děng jì shù xué xiào technical middle school / polytechnic 中 等 普 通 教 育 zhōng děng pǔ tōng jiào yù general middle school education 中 调 zhōng diào (perfumery) middle note / heart note 中 间 名 zhōng jiān míng middle name / second given name 中 间 路 线 zhōng jiān lù xiàn middle road (in politics) 人 定 rén dìng middle of the night / the dead of night 卵 圆 窗 luǎn yuán chuāng oval window between middle and inner ear 吴 楚 Wú Chǔ southern states of Wu and Chu / the middle and lower Yangtze valley 官 宦 人 家 guān huàn rén jiā family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times) 宦 门 huàn mén family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) 后 心 hòu xīn middle of the back 明 末 清 初 Míng mò Qīng chū late Ming and early Qing / around the middle of the 17th century 普 通 中 学 pǔ tōng zhōng xué general middle school 末 伏 mò fú the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August 东 南 西 北 中 dōng nán xī běi zhōng the five directions 五方 / east, south, west, north and middle 次 重 量 级 cì zhòng liàng jí middle heavyweight (boxing etc) 沙 威 玛 shā wēi mǎ shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
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