| 中枢 | zhōng shū | center; backbone; hub (e.g. of transport network); the central administration |
| 中介 | zhōng jiè | to act as intermediary; to link; intermediate; inter-; agency; agent |
| 中朝 | Zhōng Cháo | Sino-Korean; China and North Korea |
| 中保 | zhòng bǎo | advocate |
| 中南 | Zhōng Nán | Central South (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); abbr. for China-South Africa |
| 中药 | zhōng yào | (traditional) Chinese medicine; CL:服,种 |
| 中波 | Zhōng Bō | Chinese-Polish |
| 中级 | zhōng jí | middle level (in a hierarchy) |
| 中非 | Zhōng Fēi | China-Africa (relations); Central Africa; Central African Republic |
| 中专 | zhōng zhuān | vocational secondary school; technical secondary school; trade school; abbr. for 中等专科学校 |
| 中庸 | zhōng yōng | doctrine of the mean |
| 中转 | zhōng zhuǎn | to change (train or plane); transfer; correspondence |
| 中游 | zhōng yóu | the middle stretches of a river; middle level; middle echelon; midstream |
| 中装 | zhōng zhuāng | Chinese dress |
| 中继 | zhōng jì | to relay; to repeat |
| 中兴 | zhōng xīng | resurgence; recovery; restoration |
| 中层 | zhōng céng | middle-ranking |
| 中国画 | Zhōng guó huà | Chinese painting |
| 中亚 | Zhōng Yà | Central Asia |
| 中欧 | Zhōng Ōu | China-Europe (e.g. trading relations); Central Europe |
| 中卫 | Zhōng wèi | Zhongwei prefecture level city in Ningxia |
| 中锋 | zhōng fēng | midfielder; center (basketball); center forward (hockey, football) |
| 中等专业学校 | zhōng děng zhuān yè xué xiào | specialized middle school |
| 中美洲 | Zhōng Měi zhōu | Central America |
| 中肯 | zhòng kěn | pertinent; apropos |
| 中草药 | zhōng cǎo yào | Chinese herbal medicine |
| 中秋 | zhōng qiū | the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month |
| 中程 | zhōng chéng | medium-range |
| 中间人 | zhōng jiān rén | contact man; go-between; intermediary; at second hand |
| 中意 | Zhōng Yì | Sino-Italian |
| 中意 | zhòng yì | to take sb's fancy; to win approval |
| 中行 | Zhōng háng | abbr. for 中国银行 Bank of China, BOC |
| 中风 | zhòng fēng | to suffer a paralyzing stroke |
| 中局 | zhōng jú | middle game (in go or chess) |
| 中微子 | zhōng wēi zǐ | neutrino |
| 中古 | zhōng gǔ | medieval; Middle Ages; Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties; Middle (of a language, eg Middle English); used; second-hand; Sino-Cuban; China-Cuba |
| 中计 | zhòng jì | to fall into a trap; taken in by a stratagem; cheated; ripped off |
| 中饭 | zhōng fàn | lunch |
| 中位数 | zhōng wèi shù | median |
| 中伤 | zhòng shāng | slander; calumny; to frame with false evidence |
| 中继站 | zhōng jì zhàn | relay station |
| 中听 | zhōng tīng | pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news); to one's liking; music to one's ears |
| 中土 | zhōng tǔ | Sino-Turkish |
| 中弹 | zhòng dàn | hit by a bullet; shot |
| 中国社会科学院 | Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuàn | Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) |
| 中法战争 | Zhōng Fǎ Zhàn zhēng | Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam) |
| 中央情报局 | zhōng yāng qíng bào jú | US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA |
| 中子星 | zhōng zǐ xīng | neutron star |
| 中式 | zhōng shì | Chinese style |
| 中式 | zhòng shì | to pass an exam (or the imperial exam); to qualify |
