middle; center (colloquial)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
middle; center; between
informalColloquial variant of 中间 with erhua (rhoticization), commonly used in northern dialects and informal speech. Functions as a locative noun (方位词).
Tā他
zhàn站
zài在
wǒ我
men们
zhōng中
jiān间
ér儿
。
He stood between us.
Qǐng请
zuò坐
zài在
zhōng中
jiān间
ér儿
de的
wèi位
zhi置
。
Please sit in the middle seat.
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Zhōng中
jiān间
ér儿
de的
nà那
gè个
rén人
shì是
wǒ我
gē哥
ge哥
。
The person in the middle is my older brother.