中餐

Character by character

• 中zhōng4 strokesHSK 1central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
• 餐cān16 strokesHSK 2eat, dine; meal; food

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Example sentences

• 我们点了中餐。

  Wǒ men diǎn le Zhōng cān

  We've ordered Chinese food.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 中餐. 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

• 其中qí zhōngHSK 2

  among; in; included among these

• 中心zhōng xīnHSK 2

  center; heart; core

• 中国zhōng guóHSK 1

  China

• 集中jí zhōngHSK 3

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

• 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

• 餐cānHSK 6

  meal; to eat; classifier for meals

• 早餐zǎo cānHSK 2

  breakfast

• 餐厅cān tīngHSK 5

  dining hall; dining room; restaurant

• 空中kōng zhōngHSK 5

  in the sky; in the air

• 晚餐wǎn cānHSK 2

  evening meal; dinner

• 中学zhōng xuéHSK 1

  middle school

• 午餐wǔ cānHSK 2

  lunch; luncheon

• 中毒zhòng dúHSK 5

  to be poisoned

• 餐馆cān guǎnHSK 5

  restaurant

• 从中cóng zhōngHSK 5

  from within; therefrom

• 途中tú zhōngHSK 4

  en route

• 中华民族zhōng huá mín zúHSK 3

  the Chinese nation; the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)