其中 qí zhōng
“among; in; included among these”
pronounHSK 4 · 2021 list level 2
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
其中 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 1568: 其中 qízhōng — Level 4; official annotation 4 (名). PDF page 119
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用法How to use 其中
其中 means “among them” or “included among these.” It is a pronoun that refers back to a group already mentioned and then picks out part of that group. It commonly appears before a quantity or partitive phrase, such as 其中一个、其中一些、其中一半, or before 的 + noun.
例句Example sentences
- 我们班有二十个学生，其中一半是女生。wǒ men bān yǒu èr shí gè xué sheng, qí zhōng yí bàn shì nǚ shēng.There are twenty students in our class, and half of them are girls.
- 这次考试有很多题，其中第三题最难。zhè cì kǎo shì yǒu hěn duō tí, qí zhōng dì sān tí zuì nán.There were many questions on this exam, and the third one was the hardest.
- 公司有五十个人，其中十个是外国人。gōng sī yǒu wǔ shí gè rén, qí zhōng shí gè shì wài guó rén.The company has fifty people, and ten of them are foreigners.