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中心

zhōng xīn · zhong xin

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. center; heart; core
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City center

  1. Leon

    请问(qǐngwèn)，去(qù)市(shì)中心(zhōngxīn)怎么(zěnme)走(zǒu)？

    Excuse me, how do I get to the city center?

  2. Liangliang

    坐(zuò)二(èr)号线(hàoxiàn)，二十(èrshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)就(jiù)到(dào)，

    Take line two. It's twenty minutes.

  3. Leon

    市中心(shìzhōngxīn)有(yǒu)什么(shénme)？

    What is in the city center?

  4. Liangliang

    有(yǒu)大(dà)广场(guǎngchǎng)、商场(shāngchǎng)和(hé)最(zuì)好吃(hǎochī)的(de)饺子(jiǎozi)，

    A big square, a mall and the best dumplings.

  5. Leon

    市(shì)中心(zhōngxīn)的(de)饺子(jiǎozi)！我(wǒ)现在(xiànzài)就(jiù)去(qù)！

    Dumplings in the center of the city. I'm going now!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

教(jiào)堂(táng)在(zài)村(cūn)子(zi)的(de)中(zhōng)心(xīn)位(wèi)置(zhì)。

The church is in the middle of the village.

Tatoeba: Chinese by xjjAstrus · English by freddy1 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)购(gòu)物(wù)中(zhōng)心(xīn)周(zhōu)末(mò)人(rén)特(tè)别(bié)多(duō)。

This shopping center is especially crowded on weekends.

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中
zhōng

within; among; in; middle; center

心
xīn

heart; mind

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