中国

Character by character

• 中zhōng4 strokesHSK 1central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
• 国guó8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 國nation, country, nation-state

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我是中国人。

  Wǒ shì Zhōng guó rén

  I am Chinese.

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• 我来自中国。

  Wǒ lái zì Zhōng guó

  I came from China.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 中国. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 中zhōngHSK 1

  within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right

• 国家guó jiāHSK 1

  country; nation; state

• 其中qí zhōngHSK 2

  among; in; included among these

• 中心zhōng xīnHSK 2

  center; heart; core

• 全国quán guóHSK 2

  whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national

• 国际guó jìHSK 2

  international

• 集中jí zhōngHSK 3

  to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together

• 国guóHSK 1

  country; nation; state; (bound form) national

• 之中zhī zhōngHSK 5

  inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during

• 中间zhōng jiānHSK 1

  the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime

• 中央zhōng yāngHSK 5

  central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)

• 心中xīn zhōngHSK 2

  central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart

• 高中gāo zhōngHSK 2

  senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学

• 当中dāng zhōngHSK 3

  among; in the middle; in the center

• 中午zhōng wǔHSK 1

  noon; midday

• 国内guó nèiHSK 3

  domestic; internal (to a country); civil

• 空中kōng zhōngHSK 5

  in the sky; in the air

• 国王guó wángHSK 6

  king

• 国外guó wàiHSK 1

  abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign

• 联合国lián hé guóHSK 3

  United Nations

• 中学zhōng xuéHSK 1

  middle school

• 外国wài guóHSK 1

  foreign (country)

• 祖国zǔ guóHSK 6

  motherland

• 国会guó huìHSK 6

  Parliament (UK); Congress (US); Diet (Japan); Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)