# 中年 (zhōngnián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 中年 (zhōngnián) means “middle age; middle-aged”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: middle age; middle-aged
- Pinyin: zhōngnián (zhong1 nian2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 那个中年人是我老师。
  Nàge zhōngnián rén shì wǒ lǎoshī.
  That middle-aged man is my teacher.

## Characters

- [中](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-middle/) (zhōng): middle; center
- [年](https://hanziro.com/word/nian-year/) (nián): year

https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-nian-middle-age/

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