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Middle age in Chinese: 中年 (zhōng nián)

zhōng nián

middle age

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1middle age

Stroke order

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中
年

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄨㄥ

zhōng

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他已经是中年人了。

    tā yǐ jīng shì zhōng nián rén le。

    He is already a middle-aged man.

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Related words

年

nián

year

中

zhōng

within

中国

zhōng guó

China

中午

zhōng wǔ

noon

去年

qù nián

last year

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

中间

zhōng jiān

the middle

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

其中

qí zhōng

among

中文

zhōng wén

Chinese language

集中

jí zhōng

to concentrate

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