其中qí zhōngamong
其中 (qí zhōng) means "among". It appears in 我们班有二十个学生,其中十个是女生。 (Our class has twenty students; among them, ten are girls.) and 这些水果我都喜欢,其中最喜欢苹果。 (I like all these fruits; among them, I like apples best.) In the dialogue, B says they bought five books, two of them for A, and A thanks B.
What does 其中 mean?
- 1.
amongnoun
What do the characters in 其中 mean?
- 其it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 中within; among; in
How do you use 其中?
See it in 其中十个 and 其中最喜欢
What are some examples of 其中 in a sentence?
How is 其中 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你昨天去书店了吗?
Nǐ zuótiān qù shūdiàn le ma?
Did you go to the bookstore yesterday?
- Speaker B:
去了,我买了五本书,其中两本是给你的。
Qù le, wǒ mǎi le wǔ běn shū, qízhōng liǎng běn shì gěi nǐ de.
Yes, I bought five books, and two of them are for you.
- Speaker A:
真的吗?谢谢你!
Zhēn de ma? Xièxie nǐ!
Really? Thank you!
- Speaker B:
不客气,你看完告诉我好不好看。
Bú kèqi, nǐ kàn wán gàosu wǒ hǎo bu hǎokàn.
You are welcome. Tell me if they are good after you read them.
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- 高中gāo zhōngsenior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])HSK 2
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.