仲 (zhòng): second month of a season, middle, intermediate
仲 (zhòng) is a Chinese character meaning “second month of a season.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 中 (structural). It ranks #1691 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 仲 the middle 中 person 亻; 中 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- second month of a season
- middle
- intermediate
Etymology & Origin
ideographicThe middle 中 person 亻; 中 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰亻中 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仲裁verb | zhòng cái | arbitration |
| 仲夏noun | zhòng xià | midsummer |
| 仲介noun | zhòng jiè | (Tw) middleman |
| 大仲马 | dà zhòng mǎ | Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer |
| 昆仲noun | kūn zhòng | (literary) brothers |
| 不分伯仲phrase | bù fēn bó zhòng | lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom) |
| 伯仲之间 | bó zhòng zhī jiān | almost on a par |
| 仲夏夜之梦proper-noun | zhòng xià yè zhī mèng | Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚 |
| 管仲 | guǎn zhòng | Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period |
| 许仲琳 | xǔ zhòng lín | Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel I... |
| 房仲noun | fáng zhòng | real estate agent (Tw) |
| 仲父 | zhòng fù | father's younger brother |
| 仲巴proper-noun | zhòng bā | see 仲巴縣|仲巴县 |
| 仲巴县 | zhòng bā xiàn | Zhongba, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市, Tibet |
| 伯仲叔季phrase | bó zhòng shū jì | (idiom) eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers |
仲 appears in 22 compound words: 41 as the first character, 27 as the last, and 32 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 仲 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
作为仲民，我们有责任保护环境。
zuò wéi zhòng mín , wǒ men yǒu zé rèn bǎo hù huán jìng .
As citizens, we have a responsibility to protect the environment.
...备战经典赛!林维恩单局2保送无失分 庄陈仲敖飙152公里挨轰
. . . bèi zhàn jīng diǎn sài ! lín wéi ēn dān jú 2 bǎo sòng wú shī fēn zhuāng chén zhòng 敖 biāo 1 5 2 gōng lǐ āi hōng
... Prepare for the Classic! Lin Weien walked 2 runs in a single inning and Zhuang Chen Zhongao was bombarded with 152 kilometers
校友叶仲亮、叶玉霞之女叶景睿捐千万 东海再添第六...
jiào yǒu xié zhòng liàng , xié yù xiá zhī nǚ xié jǐng 睿 juān qiān wàn dōng hǎi zài tiān dì liù . . .
Alumni Ye Zhongliang and Ye Yuxia's daughter Ye Jingrui donated 10 million to add a sixth to the East China Sea...
...|管浩鸣关注收购尺价逾万元点计?黄伟纶:仲有少少钱装修
. . . guǎn hào míng guān zhù shōu gòu chǐ jià yú wàn yuán diǎn jì ? huáng wěi 纶 : zhòng yǒu shǎo shǎo qián zhuāng xiū
...| Guan Haoming pays attention to the purchase price of more than 10,000 yuan? Huang Weilun: There is still a little money for decoration
加纳与多哥海疆分歧将国际仲裁
jiā nà yǔ duō gē hǎi jiāng fēn qí jiāng guó jì zhòng cái
Ghana and Togo will arbitrate internationally due to maritime disputes
仲有五日就放暑假喇。
Zhòng yǒu wǔ rì jiù fàng shǔjià lā.
We have five days to go before the summer vacation.
出师一表真名世，千载谁堪伯仲间！
Chūshī yī biǎo zhēn míng shì, qiān zài shéi kān bó zhòng jiān!
The Memorial To The Emperor upon his campaign truly established his renown for all time; Who, in a thousand years, could stand shoulder to shoulder with it?
我们需要人力仲介公司帮我们找到合适的人来担任这个管理职位。
Wǒmen xūyào rénlì zhòngjiè gōngsī bāng wǒmen zhǎodào héshì de rén lái dānrèn zhège guǎnlǐ zhíwèi.
We'll need a head hunting agency to find the right man for this executive position.
Character Family
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