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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 中年

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
中年 zhōng nián - middle age

List Ranking for: 中年

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 7,905 4,876 5,944

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
中 zhōng- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
中 zhōng- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
中 zhòng- to hit (the mark)
- to be hit by
- to suffer
- to win (a prize, a lottery)
年 nián- surname Nian
年 nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
年 nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]

Other Words Containing 中年

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
中年 - 4 7,905 4,876 5,944