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中心

zhōng xīn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

中心 (zhōng xīn) means "center". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 中心 means

1. center; heart; core

The characters in 中心

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 市中心有很多旅馆。
  There are many hotels downtown.
• 我们学校在市中心。
  Our school is in the center of the town.
• 他住在伦敦市中心。
  He lived in the center of London.
• 市中心是城市之心。
  The downtown area is the heart of the city.
• 图书馆位于城市中心。
  The library is in the middle of the city.

Words starting with 中心

• 中心区zhōng xīn qūcentral district
• 中心点zhōng xīn diǎncenter; central point; focus
• 中心语zhōng xīn yǔqualified word
• 中心对称zhōng xīn duì chèn(geometry) point symmetry
• 中心粒zhōng xīn lì(cell biology) centriole
• 中心矩zhōng xīn jǔ(statistics) central moment

Words containing 中心

• 市中心shì zhōng xīncity center; downtown
• 购物中心gòu wù zhōng xīnshopping center
• 商业中心shāng yè zhōng xīnbusiness center; commerce center
• 贸易中心mào yì zhōng xīntrade center; shopping mall
• 活动中心huó dòng zhōng xīnactivity center
• 数据中心shù jù zhōng xīn(computing) data center
• 月子中心yuè zi zhōng xīnpostpartum care center…
• 商务中心区shāng wù zhōng xīn qūcentral business district (e.g. CBD of Beijing)
• 去中心化qù zhōng xīn huàdecentralization
• 快感中心kuài gǎn zhōng xīnpleasure center
• 欧洲核子中心Ōu zhōu Hé zǐ Zhōng xīnEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
• 研究中心yán jiū zhōng xīnresearch center
• 投影中心tóu yǐng zhōng xīncenter of projection
• 发展研究中心Fā zhǎn Yán jiū Zhōng xīnDevelopment Research Center (PRC State Council institution)
• 种族中心主义zhǒng zú zhōng xīn zhǔ yìethnocentrism
• 世界贸易中心Shì jiè Mào yì Zhōng xīnWorld Trade Center
• 小食中心xiǎo shí zhōng xīn(Malaysia) food court
• 医学中心yī xué zhōng xīnmedical center
• 航天中心háng tiān zhōng xīnspace center
• 世界金融中心Shì jiè Jīn róng Zhōng xīnWorld Financial Center (New York City)
• 国际医疗中心Guó jì Yī liáo Zhōng xīnInternational Medical Center
• 呼叫中心hū jiào zhōng xīncall center
• 洗浴中心xǐ yù zhōng xīnbathing and recreation center
• 旅游集散中心lǚ yóu jí sàn zhōng xīntour group assembly and dispatch center

Sounds the same

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

• 衷心heartfelt; wholehearted; cordial
• 忠心good faith; devotion; loyalty

Where 中心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Unification, Communication & Order (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhōng xīn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.