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中叶

zhōng yè

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 中葉

中叶 (zhōng yè) means "mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 中叶 means

1. mid- (e.g. mid-century)
2. middle period

The characters in 中叶

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 叶yèleaf; page; lobe

Example sentences

• 众所周知，直到上个世纪中叶日本是一个封建国家。
  Zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī, zhídào shàngge shìjì zhōngyè Rìběn shì yī gè fēngjiàn guójiā.
  It is well known that up to the middle of the last century Japan was a feudal state.

Sounds the same

Read zhōng yè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 柊叶Phrynium capitatum

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