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其中qí zhōngamong

HSK 4word

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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. 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?

  1. 我们班有二十个学生,其中十个是女生。

    Wǒmen bān yǒu èrshí ge xuésheng, qízhōng shí ge shì nǚshēng.

    Our class has twenty students; among them, ten are girls.

  2. 这些水果我都喜欢,其中最喜欢苹果。

    Zhèxiē shuǐguǒ wǒ dōu xǐhuan, qízhōng zuì xǐhuan píngguǒ.

    I like all these fruits; among them, I like apples best.

How is 其中 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你昨天去书店了吗?

    Nǐ zuótiān qù shūdiàn le ma?

    Did you go to the bookstore yesterday?

  2. 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.

  3. Speaker A:

    真的吗?谢谢你!

    Zhēn de ma? Xièxie nǐ!

    Really? Thank you!

  4. 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.

Can you use 其中 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank (among them): 我们班有二十个学生,___十个是女生。 (Our class has twenty students; among them, ten are girls.)
  2. 2.What does 这些水果我都喜欢,其中最喜欢苹果。 mean?
  3. 3.Which word means "among" (part of a group just mentioned)?

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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.