中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 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
- 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.
- 我想在家学中文。 Wǒ xiǎng zàijiā xué Zhōngwén. I want to study Chinese at home.
- 王明在中国学中文。 Wángmíng zài Zhōngguó xué Zhōngwén. Wang Ming studies Chinese in China.
- 王明会中文吗？ Wángmíng huì Zhōngwén ma? Does Wang Ming know Chinese?
- 我今天要看中文书。 Wǒ jīntiān yào kàn Zhōngwén shū. Today I am going to read a Chinese book.
- 小王会说一点儿中文吗？ Xiǎo Wáng huì shuō yìdiǎnr Zhōngwén ma? Can Xiao Wang speak a little Chinese?
- 老师教我们中文。 Lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen Zhōngwén. The teacher teaches us Chinese.
- 中文书很好看。 Zhōngwén shū hěn hǎokàn. Chinese books are very interesting.
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
- 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