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忠

zhōng

HSK 6 Character

What 忠 means

1. loyal; devoted; faithful

Example sentences

• 忠告像盐。
  Advice is like salt.
• 忠于自己。
  Be true to yourself.
• 他不顾我的忠告。
  Tā bù gù wǒ de zhōnggào.
  He disregarded my advice.
• 你忠于我还是国王？
  Nǐ zhōngyú wǒ háishi guówáng?
  To whom are you loyal: me or the king?
• 他看起来忠厚老实。
  He looks like an honest man.
• 他给了她一个忠告。
  He gave her a piece of advice.

Words starting with 忠

• 忠诚zhōng chéngdevoted; loyal; fidelity
• 忠实zhōng shífaithful
• 忠告zhōng gàoto give sb a word of advice; advice; counsel; a wise word
• 忠于zhōng yúto be loyal to
• 忠心zhōng xīngood faith; devotion; loyalty
• 忠厚zhōng hòuhonest and considerate
• 忠贞zhōng zhēnloyal and dependable
• 忠臣zhōng chénfaithful official
• 忠义zhōng yìloyal and righteous; fealty; loyalty
• 忠心耿耿zhōng xīn gěng gěngloyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true
• 忠信zhōng xìnfaithful and honest; loyal and sincere
• 忠勇zhōng yǒngloyal and brave
• 忠清Zhōng qīngChungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道
• 忠烈zhōng lièsacrifice oneself for one's country; martyr
• 忠县Zhōng XiànZhong County or Zhongxian, a county in Chongqing 重庆
• 忠言zhōng yánsincere advice; heartfelt exhortation
• 忠清道Zhōng qīng dàoChungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道
• 忠清北道Zhōng qīng běi dàoNorth Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Cheongju 清州市
• 忠清南道Zhōng qīng nán dàoSouth Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Daejeon 大田
• 忠言逆耳zhōng yán nì ěrloyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
• 忠君爱国zhōng jūn ài guó(idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country
• 忠恕zhōng shùloyalty and consideration for others; magnanimity (ideal virtues in Confucianism)
• 忠贞不渝zhōng zhēn bù yúunswerving in one's loyalty (idiom); faithful and constant

Words containing 忠

• 效忠xiào zhōngto vow loyalty and devotion to
• 张自忠Zhāng Zì zhōngZhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second…
• 尽忠jìn zhōngto display utter loyalty; to be loyal to the end
• 死忠sǐ zhōngdie-hard (fan etc)
• 黄忠Huáng ZhōngHuang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old…
• 张献忠Zhāng Xiàn zhōngZhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
• 大奸似忠dà jiān sì zhōngthe most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom)
• 赤胆忠心chì dǎn zhōng xīnlit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty; to serve sb with body and soul
• 吴忠市Wú zhōng ShìWuzhong, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区
• 蔡志忠Cài Zhì zhōngTsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the…
• 魏忠贤Wèi Zhōng xiánWei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
• 赵忠尧Zhào Zhōng yáoZhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist
• 孝悌忠信xiào tì zhōng xìnConfucian moral injunctions of fidelity; piety to one's parents, respect to one's older…
• 吴忠Wú zhōngsee 吴忠市

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
• 仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad

Characters that look like 忠

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

• 思sīto think; to consider
• 态tài(bound form); appearance; shape
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 忍rěnto bear; to endure; to tolerate
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 怠dàiidle; lazy; negligent

Sounds the same

Read zhōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 中within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 终end; finish
• 钟handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 衷inner feelings
• 锺nonstandard simplified variant of 钟
• 盅handleless cup; goblet
• 柊used in 柊叶
• 彸restless, agitated
• 伀restless; agitated
• 螽(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado
• 汷name of an ancient river in Hubei
• 忪used in 怔忪