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Chinese symbol for “intermediate”

中介
zhōng jiè
to act as intermediary; to link; intermediate; inter-

The closest CC-CEDICT match for intermediate is 中介 (zhōng jiè), defined as: to act as intermediary; to link; intermediate; inter-; agency; agent.

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Characters and stroke order

中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
介 jiè
agent, go-between, intermediary; to introduce; shell, armor
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “intermediate”

WordPinyinMeaning
介于 (介於)jiè yúbetween; intermediate
仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle

Related words

Other words that share a character with 中介.

WordPinyinMeaning
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
中学 (中學)zhōng xuémiddle school
之中zhī zhōnginside; among
集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
介绍 (介紹)jiè shàoto introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation
简介 (簡介)jiǎn jièsummary; brief introduction

See also: Japanese symbol for “intermediate”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.