中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中国
Zhōngguó
China
Characters in this word
国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我想去中国。 Wǒ xiǎng qù Zhōngguó. I want to go to China.
- 他是中国人。 Tā shì Zhōngguó rén. He is Chinese.
- 中国很大。 Zhōngguó hěn dà. China is very big.
- 这是中国的汽车。 Zhè shì Zhōngguó de qìchē. This is a Chinese car.
- 王明在中国工作。 Wángmíng zài Zhōngguó gōngzuò. Wang Ming works in China.
- 她明年要去中国学习。 Tā míngnián yào qù Zhōngguó xuéxí. Next year she is going to China to study.
- 北京在中国的北边。 Běijīng zài Zhōngguó de běibian. Beijing is in the north of China.
- 我们明天都去中国吧。 Wǒmen míngtiān dōu qù Zhōngguó ba. Let's all go to China tomorrow!
- 你是不是很爱中国？ Nǐ shìbushì hěn ài Zhōngguó? Is it true that you love China very much?
- 中国的东西很贵吗？ Zhōngguó de dōngxi hěn guì ma? Are things in China expensive?
Related words
- 中 zhōng middle, center; in, during
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 中文 Zhōngwén Chinese (language)
- 中午 zhōngwǔ noon, midday
- 中学 zhōngxué middle school
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student
- 高中 gāozhōng senior high school
- 其中 qízhōng among them
- 心中 xīnzhōng in one's heart
- 中餐 zhōngcān Chinese food
- 中级 zhōngjí intermediate level
- 中年 zhōngnián middle age