之中

Character by character

• 之zhī4 strokesHSK 4marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
• 中zhōng4 strokesHSK 1central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 之中. 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

• 之zhīHSK 7

  (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

• 之后zhī hòuHSK 4

  after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

• 其中qí zhōngHSK 2

  among; in; included among these

• 之间zhī jiānHSK 4

  (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间)

• 之前zhī qiánHSK 4

  before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand

• 中心zhōng xīnHSK 2

  center; heart; core

• 中国zhōng guóHSK 1

  China

• 之一zhī yīHSK 4

  one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)

• 集中jí zhōngHSK 3

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

• 之类zhī lèiHSK 6

  and so on; and such

• 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

• 之外zhī wàiHSK 5

  outside; excluding

• 当中dāng zhōngHSK 3

  among; in the middle; in the center

• 中午zhōng wǔHSK 1

  noon; midday

• 之下zhī xiàHSK 5

  under; beneath; less than

• 之内zhī nèiHSK 5

  inside; within

• 之所以zhī suǒ yǐHSK 7

  (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"

• 总之zǒng zhīHSK 4

  in a word; in short; in brief

• 空中kōng zhōngHSK 5

  in the sky; in the air

• 中学zhōng xuéHSK 1

  middle school