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Chinese symbol for “midway”

中路
zhōng lù
midway; mediocre (quality); midfield (soccer)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for midway is 中路 (zhōng lù), defined as: midway; mediocre (quality); midfield (soccer).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
路 lù
road, path, street; journey
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “midway”

WordPinyinMeaning
中途zhōng túpartway through; midway; along the way
半路bàn lùhalfway; midway
半途bàn túhalfway; midway

Related words

Other words that share a character with 中路.

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
铁路 (鐵路)tiě lùrailroad; railway
道路dào lùroad; path

See also: Japanese symbol for “midway”.

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.

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