A truck was standing in the middle of the road.
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中间
Traditional: 中間
zhōng jiān
HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 3
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zhōng jiān · zung1 gaan1 (Jyutping)
- the middle; the inside
- in the middle; within; between; among
- during; in the meantime
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Character breakdown
中
- Meaning
- central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
- Radical
- 丨
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿻口丨
- Cangjie
- L
- Four-corner
- 5000.6
间
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Example sentences
I sat between Tom and John.
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