中国话
Zhōng guó huà
Pinyin

Definition

中国话
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Zhōng guó huà
  1. (spoken) Chinese language

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
zhōng fēn
  1. 1 to part one's hair in the middle
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
zhōng yāng
  1. 1 central
  2. 2 middle
  3. 3 center
  4. 4 central authorities (of a state)
zhōng xué
  1. 1 middle school
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
Zhōng shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
zhōng xīn
  1. 1 center
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 core
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
zhōng xìng
  1. 1 neutral
Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
zhōng zhǐ
  1. 1 middle finger

Idioms (20)

一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng
  1. 1 lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
如堕五里雾中
rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng
  1. 1 as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
  2. 2 in a fog
  3. 3 muddled
  4. 4 completely unfamiliar with sth
如日中天
rú rì zhōng tiān
  1. 1 lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
妙在不言中
miào zài bù yán zhōng
  1. 1 the charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom)

Sample Sentences

听说河莉秀还很有语言天赋。她为了来中国发展,努力学中国话,现在她的中文说得超好。
tīngshuō Hé lìxiù hái hěn yǒu yǔyán tiānfù 。tā wèile lái Zhōngguó fāzhǎn ,nǔlì xué Zhōngguó huà ,xiànzài tā de Zhōngwén shuō de chāohǎo 。
I hear He Lixiu has a real knack for languages, too. To perform in China, she diligently studied Chinese. Now her Chinese is incredibly good.
这节目不挺好看的吗?上面全都是外国人,比赛谁的中国话说得好。你别说,有几个说得还挺顺溜的,虽然有点洋腔洋调,但能说到这水平太不容易了。这得费多大的劲儿啊?看你爸这么大年纪了,还肉弱不分,一口的家乡话,到现在还改不过来。
zhè jiémù bù tǐng hǎokàn de ma ?shàngmian quándōu shì wàiguórén ,bǐsài shéi de Zhōngguó huà shuō de hǎo 。nǐbiéshuō ,yǒu jǐ ge shuō de hái tǐng shùnliu de ,suīrán yǒudiǎnr yángqiāngyángdiào ,dàn néng shuōdào zhè shuǐpíng tài bù róngyì le 。zhè děi fèi duō dà de jìnr a ?kàn nǐ bà zhème dà niánjì le ,hái ròu ruò bùfēn ,yīkǒu de jiāxiānghuà ,dào xiànzài hái gǎi bu guòlai 。
Isn't this show great? Everyone on it is a foreigner and they compete to see whose Chinese is the best. Actually, some of them speak quite fluently. Although it's a bit accented, being able to speak at this level is really not easy. Do you know how much effort you have to put in? Look at your old father. He still can't differentiate "meat" and "weak;" he speaks purely dialect. There's no changing it at this point.