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).
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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
Other Chinese words for “midway”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中途 | zhōng tú | partway through; midway; along the way |
| 半路 | bàn lù | halfway; midway |
| 半途 | bàn tú | halfway; midway |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 中路.
| 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 |
| 铁路 (鐵路) | tiě lù | railroad; railway |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; 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.