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仲

zhòng

Character

What 仲 means

1. second month of a season
2. middle
3. intermediate
4. second amongst brothers

Other readings

仲 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhòngsurname Zhong

Example sentences

• 仲有五日就放暑假喇。
  Zhòng yǒu wǔ rì jiù fàng shǔjià lā.
  We have five days to go before the summer vacation.
• 出师一表真名世，千载谁堪伯仲间！
  The Memorial To The Emperor upon his campaign truly established his renown for all time; Who, in a thousand years, could stand shoulder to shoulder with it?
• 我们需要人力仲介公司帮我们找到合适的人来担任这个管理职位。
  Wǒmen xūyào rénlì zhòngjiè gōngsī bāng wǒmen zhǎodào héshì de rén lái dānrèn zhège guǎnlǐ zhíwèi.
  We'll need a head hunting agency to find the right man for this executive position.

Words starting with 仲

• 仲裁zhòng cáiarbitration
• 仲夏zhòng xiàmidsummer; second month of summer
• 仲介zhòng jiè(Taiwan) middleman; agent; broker
• 仲尼Zhòng nícourtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子
• 仲父zhòng fùfather's younger brother; (sometimes used to refer to Confucius)
• 仲夏夜之梦Zhòng xià yè zhī mèngMidsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚
• 仲巴县Zhòng bā XiànZhongba, a county in Shigatse City 日喀则市
• 仲秋zhòng qiūsecond month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar
• 仲巴Zhòng bāsee 仲巴县

Words containing 仲

• 管仲Guǎn ZhòngGuan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齐国 of Spring and Autumn period…
• 房仲fáng zhòngreal estate agent (Tw)
• 大仲马Dà Zhòng mǎAlexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer
• 不分伯仲bù fēn bó zhònglit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom)…
• 伯仲之间bó zhòng zhī jiānalmost on a par
• 董仲舒Dǒng Zhòng shūDong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the…
• 杜仲dù zhòngeucommia (a kind of rubber tree)
• 伯仲叔季bó zhòng shū jì(idiom) eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers
• 许仲琳Xǔ Zhòng línXu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陈仲琳
• 陈仲琳Chén Zhòng línChen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 许仲琳
• 昆仲kūn zhòng(literary) brothers; elder and younger brother
• 范仲淹Fàn Zhòng yānFan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower…
• 晏平仲Yàn Píng zhònganother name for Yan Ying 晏婴

Characters built on 中

These share the phonetic component 中 (zhōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 冲chōng(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse
• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad

Characters that look like 仲

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 件jiànitem; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
• 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 伟wěibig; large; great
• 伸shēnto stretch; to extend
• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad

Sounds the same

Read zhòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 重heavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 众(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
• 种to plant; to grow; to cultivate
• 中to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
• 乑to stand side by side; variant of 众
• 茽vegetation growing thickly
• 蚛(literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble; to bite; worm-eaten
• 狆Pekingese
• 㐺old variant of 众