中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中医
zhōngyī
Chinese medicine
Characters in this word
医 yī
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 匸 — box
- Made of
- 匸 box 矢 arrow, dart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我看中医。 Wǒ kàn zhōngyī. I see a Chinese medicine doctor.
- 中医很有用。 Zhōngyī hěn yǒuyòng. Chinese medicine is very useful.
- 他学中医。 Tā xué zhōngyī. He studies Chinese medicine.
Related words
- 中 zhōng middle, center; in, during
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 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