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其中

qí zhōng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

其中 (qí zhōng) means "among". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 其中 means

1. among
2. in
3. included among these

The characters in 其中

• 其qíhis; her; its
• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during

Example sentences

• 她不想涉入其中。
  She didn't want to get involved.
• 你也是其中一个吧！
  You're one of them too, aren't you?!
• 这是其中一个原因。
  It's one of the reasons.
• 我想要买其中一个。
  I'd like to buy one of these.
• 他们其中一人是间谍。
  Tāmen qízhōng yī rén shì jiàndié.
  One of them is a spy.
• 其中一些似乎太难了。
  Some of them seem to be too difficult.

Words containing 其中

• 乐在其中lè zài qí zhōngto take pleasure in sth (idiom)
• 金玉其外，败絮其中jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōnggilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
• 金玉其表，败絮其中jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōnggilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

Where 其中 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Degree & scope words (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qí zhōng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.