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集中

jí zhōng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

集中 (jí zhōng) means "to concentrate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 集中 means

1. to concentrate
2. to centralize
3. to focus
4. centralized
5. concentrated
6. to put together

The characters in 集中

• 集jíto gather; to collect; collected works
• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during

Example sentences

• 我现在非常集中的学习。
  I'm studying very hard.
• 这些点都是病毒集中的地方。
  Zhèxiē diǎn dōu shì bìngdú jízhōng de dìfang.
  All those dots are viral focuses.
• 他试图把注意力集中在信上。
  Tā shìtú bǎ zhùyìlì jízhōng zài xìn shàng.
  He tried to concentrate on the letter.
• 我想我们应集中于另外的事情。
  Wǒ xiǎng wǒmen yīng jízhōng yú lìngwài de shìqing.
  I think we should concentrate on other things.
• 在拿笔之前，我要集中一下思想。
  I must put my ideas together before I take up a pen.
• 他们太吵了，我没办法集中精神了。
  They're too noisy; I can't concentrate.

Words starting with 集中

• 集中营jí zhōng yíngconcentration camp
• 集中器jí zhōng qìconcentrator
• 集中托运jí zhōng tuō yùnconsolidated cargo (transportation)

Words containing 集中

• 民主集中制mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhìdemocratic centralism
• 奥斯威辛集中营Ào sī wēi xīn jí zhōng yíngAuschwitz concentration camp

Where 集中 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Building, Planning & Organizing (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 jí zhōng correctly.
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