中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中奖
zhòngjiǎng
to win a prize
Characters in this word
奖 jiǎng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他中奖了。 Tā zhòngjiǎng le. He won a prize.
- 我也想中奖。 Wǒ yě xiǎng zhòngjiǎng. I want to win too.
- 中奖真高兴。 Zhòngjiǎng zhēn gāoxìng. Winning a prize makes me so happy.
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