中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中立
zhōnglì
to be neutral; neutrality
Characters in this word
立 lì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 调解员必须保持中立，否则任何建议都会被一方视为偏袒。 Tiáojiěyuán bìxū bǎochí zhōnglì, fǒuzé rènhé jiànyì dōu huì bèi yì fāng shì wéi piāntǎn. A mediator must remain neutral; otherwise any suggestion will be regarded by one side as favouritism.
- 在这场争论中，他始终保持中立。 Zài zhè chǎng zhēnglùn zhōng, tā shǐzhōng bǎochí zhōnglì. Throughout this dispute, he remained neutral.
- 记者应该中立地报道，不能只说一方的观点。 Jìzhě yīnggāi zhōnglì de bàodào, bùnéng zhǐ shuō yīfāng de guāndiǎn. A journalist should report neutrally and cannot only voice one side's view.
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