正当中

正當中
zhèngdāngzhōng
phrase #67,679

Meanings

  1. 1 dead center
  2. 2 right in the middle
  3. 3 smack in the middle

Examples

Tā yī jiǎo tī zài qiúmén zhèngdāngzhōng.
He kicked it dead center into the goal.
Zhuōzi zhèngdāngzhōng bǎizhe yī shù huā.
Right in the middle of the table sat a bouquet of flowers.

Tips

usage
正当中 emphasizes 'precisely the middle, not just somewhere central.' Stronger than plain 中间 (middle). Note here is dāng (first tone, 'at/right at'), not dàng. The phrase often appears with ...正当中.

Stroke Order

zhèng
dāng
zhōng