中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中途
zhōngtú
midway; halfway
Characters in this word
途 tú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 项目中途更换负责人，虽然避免了进一步失控，却也打乱了原有的协调机制。 Xiàngmù zhōngtú gēnghuàn fùzérén, suīrán bìmiǎn le jìnyíbù shīkòng, què yě dǎluàn le yuányǒu de xiétiáo jīzhì. Changing the person in charge midway through the project prevented further loss of control, but also disrupted the existing coordination mechanism.
- 爬山中途他累了，我们停下来休息。 Páshān zhōngtú tā lèi le, wǒmen tíng xiàlái xiūxi. Halfway up the climb he got tired, and we stopped to rest.
- 电影还没结束，他中途离开电影院赶去接孩子。 Diànyǐng hái méi jiéshù, tā zhōngtú líkāi diànyǐngyuàn gǎnqù jiē háizi. The film wasn't over yet when he left the cinema midway to hurry and pick up his child.
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