Chinese word

其中

Pronunciation

Pinyinqí zhōng

Meaning

  • pronounamong them

Example

我们买了五个苹果，其中两个坏了。wǒ men mǎi le wǔ gè píng guǒ qí zhōng liǎng gè huài le

We bought five apples, and two of them were spoiled.

Illustration for 其中 (among them)

More examples

班上有二十个学生，其中有五个喜欢足球。bān shàng yǒu èr shí gè xué shēng qí zhōng yǒu wǔ gè xǐ huān zú qiú

There are twenty students in the class, and five of them like soccer.

Core concept

A pointer to selected members or cases inside a larger group or range.

Common phrases

  • 其中有qí zhōng yǒu

    among them are

  • 其中之一qí zhōng zhī yī

    one of them

  • 其中包括qí zhōng bāo kuò

    including

Similar words

里边lǐ biān: Means the inside of a place or object in casual spoken language.
当中dāng zhōng: Indicates a specific part or position within a larger group.

Definition in Chinese

用来指示某一集合或范围中的若干成员、事例或发生的情况，通常用于说明分项或占比。yòng lái zhǐ shì mǒu yì jí hé huò fàn wéi zhōng de ruò gān chéng yuán shì lì huò fā shēng de qíng kuàng tōng cháng yòng yú shuō míng fēn xiàng huò zhàn bǐ

Word origin

其中 (qízhōng, "among them") combines 其 (qí, "that") + 中 (zhōng, "inside"), pointing to something located within a group.

Usage tips

  • English often puts "of them" after the number, while Chinese puts 其中 (qízhōng, "among them") before it in patterns such as 其中两个 (qízhōng liǎng gè, "two of them").

Other meanings

  • one of thempronoun

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