中间
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 3
中间 (zhōngjiān) · middle
中间 (zhōngjiān) means “middle; between”. It is written with 2 characters: 中 (middle) + 间 (measure word for rooms). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 中间 is built
The characters
中 zhōng · middle
What 中 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
间 jiān · measure word for rooms
What 间 is made of
- 门mén — door
- 丶 — dot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: The sun 日 shining through a doorway 门 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我坐在他们中间。Wǒ zuò zài tāmen zhōngjiān.I'm sitting between them.
中间的那个人是谁？Zhōngjiān de nàge rén shì shéi?Who's the person in the middle?
Questions about 中间
What does 中间 mean?
中间 (zhōngjiān) means “middle; between”.
How do you pronounce 中间?
中间 is pronounced zhōngjiān.
Which HSK level is 中间?
中间 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 中国ZhōngguóChina
- 中文ZhōngwénChinese (written language)
- 中午zhōngwǔnoon
- 中学zhōngxuésecondary school
- 中学生zhōngxuéshēngsecondary school student
- 高中gāozhōngsenior high school
- 其中qízhōngamong them
- 心中xīnzhōngin one's heart
- 中餐zhōngcānChinese food
- 中级zhōngjíintermediate
Learn 中间 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 33: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.