当中

• 拼音: dāng zhōng
• 汉字拆解: 当 (at/in) + 中 (middle/centre)

含义

Among; in the middle of; in the midst of. Indicates being within a group or at the centre of something.

Can refer to a physical position (in the middle) or an abstract sense (among a group). Often used to pick out something specific from a larger set, as in 这些人当中 (among these people).

例句

1. 在所有同学当中，她的成绩最好。
2. 桌子放在房间的当中。
3. 这些菜当中，我最喜欢红烧肉。

用法指南

语境: comparison, description, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我们当中谁去都可以。(Any one of us can go.)
• 他站在人群当中。(He stood in the middle of the crowd.)

错误说法

• 我当中吃饭 (Don't use 当中 to mean 'while' or 'during' — use 正在...的时候 instead)

起源与历史

Compound of 当 (at, in) and 中 (middle, centre), literally 'at-the-middle.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal