Chinese words starting with “zhong”
55 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zhong. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 21 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial zh · final ong · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 32
- 3rd tone 6
- 4th tone 17
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 重要zhòng yàoHSK 1
important; significant; major
- 终于zhōng yúHSK 3
at last; in the end; finally; eventually
- 中心zhōng xīnHSK 2
center; heart; core
- 中国zhōng guóHSK 1
China
- 重点zhòng diǎnHSK 2
important point; main point; focus; key (project etc); to focus on; to put the emphasis on
- 重大zhòng dàHSK 3
great; important; major; significant
- 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)
- 中午zhōng wǔHSK 1
noon; midday
- 重视zhòng shìHSK 2
to attach importance to sth; to value
- 中学zhōng xuéHSK 1
middle school
- 种子zhǒng ziHSK 3
seed
- 中华民族zhōng huá mín zúHSK 3
the Chinese nation; the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
- 中部zhōng bùHSK 3
middle part; central section
- 中文zhōng wénHSK 1
Chinese language
- 中年zhōng niánHSK 2
middle age
- 中学生zhōng xué shēngHSK 1
middle-school student; high school student
- 中餐zhōng cānHSK 2
lunch; Chinese meal; Chinese food
- 中医zhōng yīHSK 2
traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
- 中级zhōng jíHSK 2
middle level (in a hierarchy)
- 中小学zhōng xiǎo xuéHSK 2
middle and elementary school
All 55 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 中 | zhōng | f,b,v | within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right | |
| 2 | 种 | zhǒng | q,v,g | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts | |
| 3 | 重 | zhòng | a,d,v,q,g | heavy; serious; to attach importance to | |
| 4 | 钟 | zhōng | n,nr | handleless cup; goblet; to concentrate; variant of 钟 | |
| 5 | 肿瘤 | zhǒng liú | n | tumor | |
| 6 | 肿 | zhǒng | v | to swell; swelling; swollen | |
| 7 | 众多 | zhòng duō | m | numerous | |
| 8 | 众人 | zhòng rén | n | everyone | |
| 9 | 中毒 | zhòng dú | v,vn | to be poisoned | |
| 10 | 忠诚 | zhōng chéng | a,an,v,ad | devoted; loyal; fidelity; loyalty | |
| 11 | 重量 | zhòng liàng | n | weight | |
| 12 | 种种 | zhǒng zhǒng | q | all kinds of | |
| 13 | 终身 | zhōng shēn | n | lifelong; all one's life; marriage | |
| 14 | 终止 | zhōng zhǐ | v,vn | to stop; to terminate | |
| 15 | 终点 | zhōng diǎn | n | the end; end point; finishing line (in a race); destination; terminus | |
| 16 | 中断 | zhōng duàn | v,vn | to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt | |
| 17 | 终结 | zhōng jié | v,vn | end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth) | |
| 18 | 忠实 | zhōng shí | a,ad,v | faithful | |
| 19 | 种族 | zhǒng zú | n | race; ethnicity | |
| 20 | 种植 | zhòng zhí | v,vn | to plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate | |
| 21 | 种类 | zhǒng lèi | n | kind; genus; type; category; variety; species; sort; class | |
| 22 | 终究 | zhōng jiū | d | in the end; after all is said and done | |
| 23 | 中奖 | zhòng jiǎng | v,vn | to win a prize (in a lottery etc) | |
| 24 | 中介 | zhōng jiè | n | to act as intermediary; to link; intermediate; inter-; agency; agent | |
| 25 | 中途 | zhōng tú | d,s | midway | |
| 26 | 中等 | zhōng děng | b | medium | |
| 27 | 终生 | zhōng shēng | m,d,b | throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong | |
| 28 | 重伤 | zhòng shāng | n | seriously hurt; serious injury | |
| 29 | 中期 | zhōng qī | f | middle (of a period of time); medium-term (plan, forecast etc) | |
| 30 | 重心 | zhòng xīn | n | center of gravity; central core; main part | |
| 31 | 中止 | zhōng zhǐ | v,vn | to cease; to suspend; to break off; to stop; to discontinue | |
| 32 | 众所周知 | zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī | v | as everyone knows (idiom) | |
| 33 | 衷心 | zhōng xīn | d,b | heartfelt; wholehearted; cordial | |
| 34 | 忠于 | zhōng yú | v | to be loyal to | |
| 35 | 重量级 | zhòng liàng jí | b | heavyweight (boxing etc) | |
| 36 | 中立 | zhōng lì | v,vn | neutral; neutrality | |
| 37 | 钟头 | zhōng tóu | n | hour | |
| 38 | 重任 | zhòng rèn | n | heavy responsibility | |
| 39 | 仲裁 | zhòng cái | vn | arbitration | |
| 40 | 重型 | zhòng xíng | b | heavy; heavy duty; large caliber | |
| 41 | 中旬 | zhōng xún | t | middle third of a month | |
| 42 | 忠心 | zhōng xīn | n | good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication | |
| 43 | 重创 | zhòng chuāng | v,vn | to inflict heavy losses; to inflict serious damage | |
| 44 | 中性 | zhōng xìng | n,b | neutral | |
| 45 | 中外 | zhōng wài | b | Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad | |
| 46 | 中型 | zhōng xíng | b | medium sized | |
| 47 | 中华 | zhōng huá | nz | China (alternate formal name) | |
| 48 | 中药 | zhōng yào | n | traditional Chinese medicine | |
| 49 | 忠贞 | zhōng zhēn | n,a | loyal and dependable | |
| 50 | 中庸 | zhōng yōng | n | golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary |
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