中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中断
zhōngduàn
to interrupt; to break off
Characters in this word
断 duàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 斤 — axe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 电话中断了。 Diànhuà zhōngduàn le. The phone call was cut off.
- 会议中断了。 Huìyì zhōngduàn le. The meeting was interrupted.
- 学习不能中断。 Xuéxí bù néng zhōngduàn. Study cannot be interrupted.
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