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中国

Zhōng guó

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 中國

中国 (Zhōng guó) means "China". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 中国 means

1. China

The characters in 中国

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 国guócountry; nation; state; (bound form) national

Example sentences

• 我来自中国
  Wǒ láizì Zhōngguó
  I'm originally from China.
• 我在中国。
  I’m in China.
• 我是中国人。
  I am Chinese.
• 我来自中国。
  I came from China.
• 我生在中国。
  I was born in China.
• 我喜欢中国。
  I like China.

Words starting with 中国

• 中国人Zhōng guó rénChinese person
• 中国共产党Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎngCommunist Party of China
• 中国银行Zhōng guó Yín hángBank of China (BoC)
• 中国式Zhōng guó shìChinese style; à la chinoise
• 中国话Zhōng guó huà(spoken) Chinese language
• 中国科学院Zhōng guó Kē xué yuànChinese Academy of Science
• 中国人民大学Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xuéRenmin University of China
• 中国人民银行Zhōng guó Rén mín Yín hángPeople's Bank of China
• 中国城Zhōng guó chéngChinatown
• 中国画Zhōng guó huàChinese painting
• 中国化Zhōng guó huàto sinicize; to take on Chinese characteristics
• 中国联通Zhōng guó Lián tōngChina Unicom
• 中国日报Zhōng guó Rì bàoChina Daily (an English language newspaper)
• 中国工程院Zhōng guó Gōng chéng yuànChinese Academy of Engineering
• 中国证监会Zhōng guó Zhèng jiān huìChina Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) (abbr. for 中国证券监督管理委员会
• 中国通Zhōng guó tōngChina watcher; an expert on China; an old China hand
• 中国政法大学Zhōng guó Zhèng fǎ Dà xuéChina University of Political Science and Law, located in Beijing
• 中国工商银行Zhōng guó Gōng shāng Yín hángIndustrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
• 中国作家协会Zhōng guó Zuò jiā Xié huìChina Writers Association (CWA)
• 中国人民解放军Zhōng guó Rén mín Jiě fàng jūnPeople's Liberation Army (PLA), the unified armed forces of the People's Republic of China
• 中国国际广播电台Zhōng guó Guó jì Guǎng bō Diàn táiChina Radio International; CRI
• 中国社会科学院Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuànChinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
• 中国人民志愿军Zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūnthe Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
• 中国人大Zhōng guó rén dàChina National People's Congress

Words containing 中国

• 新中国Xīn Zhōng guóNew China (post-1949 China)
• 发展中国家fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiādeveloping country
• 自由中国Zì yóu Zhōng guóFree China…
• 两个中国liǎng gè zhōng guótwo-China (policy)
• 东中国海Dōng Zhōng guó HǎiEast China sea
• 追寻现代中国Zhuī xún Xiàn dài Zhōng guóIn Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景迁
• 旧中国Jiù Zhōng guóold China (pre-1949 China)
• 一个中国政策yī gè Zhōng guó zhèng cèone-China policy

Where 中国 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Places and Locations (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read Zhōng guó correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.