中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — number one
- Made of
- 口 mouth 丨 number one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中文
Zhōngwén
Chinese (language)
Characters in this word
文 wén
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 文 — culture, literature, writing
- Made of
- 亠 lid, cover 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我在学中文。 Wǒ zài xué Zhōngwén. I'm learning Chinese.
- 他会说中文。 Tā huì shuō Zhōngwén. He can speak Chinese.
- 中文不难。 Zhōngwén bù nán. Chinese isn't difficult.
Related words
- 中 zhōng middle, center; in, during
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 中午 zhōngwǔ noon, midday
- 中学 zhōngxué middle school
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student
- 课文 kèwén text (of a lesson)
- 外语 wàiyǔ foreign language
- 字 zì character, word
- 说 shuō to say, to speak
- 汉字 hànzì Chinese character
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak