| 中央 | zhōng yāng | central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) |   |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region / regional (away from the central administration) / local | |
| 心中 | xīn zhōng | central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart | |
| 央视 | Yāng shì | China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[Zhong1 guo2 Zhong1 yang1 Dian4 shi4 tai2] | |
| 总局 | zǒng jú | head office / general office / central office | |
| 中原 | zhōng yuán | Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei | |
| 央行 | yāng háng | central bank (abbr. for 中央銀行|中央银行[zhong1yang1 yin2hang2]) | |
| 领导小组 | lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ | leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 / etc) / aka central leading group | |
| 中共中央 | Zhōng Gòng Zhōng yāng | Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會|中国共产党中央委员会[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] | |
| 中部 | zhōng bù | middle part / central section / central region | |
| 中央电视台 | Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái | China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network | |
| 重心 | zhòng xīn | center of gravity / central core / main part | |
| 水里 | Shuǐ lǐ | Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan | |
| 华中 | Huá zhōng | central China | |
| 党中央 | dǎng zhōng yāng | Central Committee of the CCP | |
| 中南 | Zhōng Nán | South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa | |
| 暖气 | nuǎn qì | central heating / heater / warm air | |
| 美洲 | Měi zhōu | America (including North, Central and South America) / the Americas / abbr. for 亞美利加洲|亚美利加洲[Ya4 mei3 li4 jia1 Zhou1] | |
| 总机 | zǒng jī | central exchange / telephone exchange / switchboard | |
| 主线 | zhǔ xiàn | main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme | |
| 军委 | jūn wěi | Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee | |
| 美联储 | Měi lián chǔ | US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank | |
| 中央政府 | zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ | central government | |
| 中枢 | zhōng shū | center / hub / the central administration | |
| 中欧 | Zhōng Oū | Central Europe | |
| 中亚 | Zhōng Yà | Central Asia | |
| 主旋律 | zhǔ xuán lu:4 | (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view | |
| 南岸 | Nán àn | Nan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2qing4] | |
| 徐家汇 | Xú jiā huì | Xujiahui, an area in 徐匯區|徐汇区[Xu2 hui4 qu1], Xuhui district, central Shanghai | |
| 中心区 | zhōng xīn qū | central district | |
| 中环 | Zhōng huán | Central, Hong Kong Island | |
| 中央军委 | zhōng yāng jūn wěi | Central Military Committee (CMC) | |
| 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 | |
| 西单 | Xī dān | Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing | |
| 中央银行 | zhōng yāng yín háng | central bank | |
| 大乘 | Dà shèng | Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] | |
| 南投 | Nán tóu | Nantou city and county in central Taiwan | |
| 嵩山 | Sōng Shān | Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] | |
| 立意 | lì yì | to conceptualize / to come up with the central idea / concept / central idea / to be determined (to do sth) | |
| 中央社 | Zhōng yāng shè | Central News Agency (Taiwan) | |
| 统战部 | Tǒng Zhàn bù | United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4] | |
| 轴心 | zhóu xīn | axle / (fig.) central element / key element / axis (alliance of nations) | |
| 电信局 | diàn xìn jú | central office / telecommunications office | |
| 中央党校 | Zhōng yāng Dǎng xiào | Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933 | |
| 穆罕默德 | Mù hǎn mò dé | Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God | |
| 中情局 | Zhōng qíng jú | US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[Zhong1yang1 Qing2bao4ju2]) | |
| 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 / abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会 | |
| 归口 | guī kǒu | to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) | |
| 中央情报局 | Zhōng yāng Qíng bào jú | US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA | |
| 中央委员会 | Zhōng yāng Wěi yuán huì | Central Committee | |
| 中区 | zhōng qū | central district (of a city) / central zone | |
| 中非 | Zhōng Fēi | China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic | |
| 轴线 | zhóu xiàn | central axis (line) | |
| 中心点 | zhōng xīn diǎn | center / central point / focus | |
| 秦淮河 | qín huái hé | Qinhuai River, a tributary of the Yangtze that flows through central Nanjing | |
| 中枢神经系统 | zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒng | central nervous system, CNS | |
| 中轴线 | zhōng zhóu xiàn | central axis (line) | |
| 大夏 | dà Xià | Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country | |
| 吴官正 | Wú Guān zhèng | Wu Guanzheng (1938-), former CCP Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
| 中南部 | zhōng nán bù | south central region | |
| 中央处理器 | zhōng yāng chǔ lǐ qì | central processing unit | |
| 纪律检查委员会 | Jì lu:4 Jiǎn chá Wěi yuán huì | Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP | |
| 中美洲 | Zhōng Měi zhōu | Central America | |
| 中央音乐学院 | Zhōng yāng Yīn yuè Xué yuàn | Central Conservatory of Music | |
| 唐三藏 | Táng sān zàng | Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2Ji4], based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2zang4] (602-664) | |
| 堂屋 | táng wū | central room of a traditional Chinese house | |
| 中央财经大学 | Zhōng yāng Cái jīng Dà xué | Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing | |
| 中国中央电视台 | Zhōng guó Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái | China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network | |
| 中央军事委员会 | Zhōng yāng Jūn shì Wěi yuán huì | (PRC) Central Military Commission | |
| 正房 | zhèng fáng | central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife | |
| 中财 | Zhōng Cái | Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing / abbr. for 中央財經大學|中央财经大学[Zhong1 yang1 Cai2 jing1 Da4 xue2] | |
| 纳木错 | Nà mù cuò | Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet | |
| 黄斑 | huáng bān | macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot | |
| 帕米尔 | Pà mǐ ěr | the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia | |
| 长野 | Cháng yě | Nagano (name) / Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan | |
| 鞑靼 | Dá dá | Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China) / Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia) | |
| 中央民族大学 | Zhōng yāng Mín zú Dà xué | Central University for Nationalities | |
| 埔里 | Bù lǐ | Puli, town in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan | |
| 中央戏剧学院 | Zhōng yāng Xì jù Xué yuàn | Central Academy of Drama | |
| 中央宣传部 | Zhōng yāng Xuān chuán bù | Central Propaganda Department (abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 Xuan1 chuan2 bu4]) | |
| 刘云山 | Liú Yún shān | Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012 | |
| 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 / abbr. to 中辦|中办[Zhong1 Ban4] | |
| 阿尔泰 | A1 ěr tài | Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk | |
| 阿喀琉斯 | A1 kā liú sī | Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad | |
| 帕米尔高原 | Pà mǐ ěr Gāo yuán | the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia | |
| 月氏 | Yuè zhī | ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty | |
| 中办 | Zhōng Bàn | General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP (abbr. for 中共中央辦公廳|中共中央办公厅[Zhong1 gong4 Zhong1 yang1 Ban4 gong1 ting1]) | |
| 仰韶文化 | Yǎng sháo wén huà | Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery | |
| 暖房 | nuǎn fáng | heating / central heating / greenhouse / hothouse / to pay a house-warming visit | |
| 坎儿井 | kǎn r jǐng | karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) | |
| 八角街 | Bā jiǎo Jiē | Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[Ba1 kuo4 Jie1] | |
| 对称轴 | duì chèn zhóu | axis of symmetry / central axis (in Chinese architecture) | |
| 顺化 | Shùn huà | Hue, city in central Vietnam and capital of Thua Thien province | |
| 八廓街 | Bā kuò Jiē | Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet | |
| 王家瑞 | Wáng Jiā ruì | Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, head of CCP central committee's international liaison department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部[dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4] 2003-2015 | |
| 南投县 | Nán tóu xiàn | Nantou County in central Taiwan | |
| 赵乐际 | Zhào Lè jì | Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
| 湘 | Xiāng | abbr. for Hunan 湖南 / province in south central China / abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province | |
| 群雄逐鹿 | qún xióng zhú lù | great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom) / fig. many vie for supremacy | |
| 逐鹿中原 | zhú lù zhōng yuán | lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom) / fig. to attempt to seize the throne | |
