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HSK 2 · Life stages

中年

zhōng nián

middle age

Stroke order of 中年

2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

中 · 4 strokes年 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

中 is a line piercing the middle of a box; 年 is years: the middle years.

Parts: 中 middle + 年 year

The characters in 中年

  • 中 zhōng — middle; China (4 strokes)
  • 年 nián — year (6 strokes)

Example sentence

他今年四十五岁,是中年人。

He is forty-five this year, a middle-aged man.

Words with 中

Words with 年

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