Chinese symbol for “medial”
中间音
zhōng jiān yīn
Traditional: 中間音
(phonetics) medial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for medial is 中间音 (zhōng jiān yīn), defined as: (phonetics) medial.
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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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 中间音.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 中央 | zhōng yāng | central; middle |
| 中学 (中學) | zhōng xué | middle school |
| 之中 | zhī zhōng | inside; among |
| 集中 | jí zhōng | to concentrate; to centralize |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 之间 (之間) | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 ( |
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “medial”.
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.