中间(zhōng jiān): the middle
the middle
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 中间 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 中间 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
路中间有一辆卡车。
lù zhōng jiān yǒu yī liàng kǎ chē
A truck was standing in the middle of the road.
老虎躺在笼子的中间。
lǎo hǔ tǎng zài lóng zi de zhōng jiān
The tiger laid in the middle of the cage.
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