中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中性
zhōngxìng
neutral; neuter
Characters in this word
性 xìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 生 life, lifetime
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这份报告采用中性措辞，尽量避免在事实尚未核实时引导公众情绪。 Zhè fèn bàogào cǎiyòng zhōngxìng cuòcí, jǐnliàng bìmiǎn zài shìshí shàngwèi héshí shí yǐndǎo gōngzhòng qíngxù. This report uses neutral wording to avoid steering public emotion before the facts have been verified.
- 色彩要中性一些，比如灰色和米色，房间才显得安静。 Sècǎi yào zhōngxìng yīxiē, bǐrú huīsè hé mǐsè, fángjiān cái xiǎnde ānjìng. Choose more neutral colours, like grey and beige, if you want the room to feel calm.
- 他的措辞一直保持中性，不带任何个人情绪。 Tā de cuòcí yīzhí bǎochí zhōngxìng, bú dài rènhé gèrén qíngxù. His wording stays neutral throughout, carrying no personal emotion.
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