# 中立 (zhōnglì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 中立 (zhōnglì) means “neutral; neutrality”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: neutral; neutrality
- Pinyin: zhōnglì (zhong1 li4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 在这场争论中，他选择保持中立。
  Zài zhè chǎng zhēnglùn zhōng, tā xuǎnzé bǎochí zhōnglì.
  In this dispute, he chose to remain neutral.

## Characters

- [中](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-middle/) (zhōng): middle; center
- [立](https://hanziro.com/word/li-stand/) (lì): to stand; to set up

https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-li-neutral/

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