中

HSK 3#71 by frequencyradical 丨

Zhōng["f","b","v"]

in; within; among; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right

zhòng["f","b","v"]

to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery)

Examples

桥在建造中。

The bridge is under construction.

她在节食中。

She's dieting.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.