中年 zhōng nián — middle age

Meanings

1. 1

   middle age

   middle age

   time word

Character breakdown

• 中

  zhōng (first tone, high and level) zhòng (fourth tone, falling)

  middle, centre; in, among, within; China (in 中国); (zhòng) to hit the mark, to be hit by

  4 strokes⿻口丨Radical 丨
• 年

  nián (second tone, rising)

  year; age, years of a person’s life; the annual harvest (original sense)

  6 strokesRadical 干

Words containing 中

• 中zhōng (first tone, high and level)within; among; in
• 中国/中國Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level)China
• 其中qí (second tone, rising) zhōng (first tone, high and level)among
• 中心zhōng (first tone, high and level) xīn (first tone, high and level)center
• 中间/中間zhōngjiān (first tone, high and level)the middle, in between
• 中文Zhōngwén (first tone, high and level)Chinese (the language, especially written)
• 集中jí (second tone, rising) zhōng (first tone, high and level)to concentrate
• 之中zhī (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)inside
• 中午zhōngwǔ (first tone, high and level)midday, noon
• 中央zhōng (first tone, high and level) yāng (first tone, high and level)central
• 心中xīn (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)central point
• 高中gāo (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)senior high school
• 当中/當中dāng (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)among
• 空中kōng (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)in the sky
• 中学/中學zhōng (first tone, high and level) xué (second tone, rising)middle school
• 中毒zhòng (fourth tone, falling) dú (second tone, rising)to be poisoned
• 从中/從中cóng (second tone, rising) zhōng (first tone, high and level)from within
• 途中tú (second tone, rising) zhōng (first tone, high and level)en route

Words containing 年

• 年nián (second tone, rising)year
• 今年jīn (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)this year
• 年轻/年輕niánqīng (second tone, rising)young
• 去年qùnián (fourth tone, falling)last year
• 年代nián (second tone, rising) dài (fourth tone, falling)a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
• 年龄/年齡nián (second tone, rising) líng (second tone, rising)(a person's) age
• 年级/年級niánjí (second tone, rising)year, grade (at school)
• 明年míng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)next year
• 当年/當年dāng (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)in those days
• 新年xīn (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)New Year
• 年纪/年紀nián (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling)age
• 青年qīng (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)youth
• 周年/週年zhōu (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)anniversary
• 年度nián (second tone, rising) dù (fourth tone, falling)year (e.g. school year
• 少年shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)early youth
• 青少年qīng (first tone, high and level) shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)adolescent
• 多年duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)many years
• 童年tóng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)childhood