# 中间 (zhōngjiān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 中间 (zhōngjiān) means “the middle; between”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: the middle; between
- Pinyin: zhōngjiān (zhong1 jian1)
- Traditional: 中間
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 老师坐在学生中间。
  Lǎoshī zuò zài xuésheng zhōngjiān.
  The teacher is sitting among the students.

## Characters

- [中](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-middle/) (zhōng): middle; center
- [间](https://hanziro.com/word/jian-rooms/) (jiān): (measure word) for rooms; room

https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-jian-middle/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).
