- 中原区 zhōngyuánqū Zhongyuan DistrictZhongyuan District of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province
- 逐鹿中原 zhúlùzhōngyuán to fight for control of the countryliterally meaning to hunt deer in the Central Plain; used to describe the act of competing for national power or the throne
- 中原逐鹿 zhōngyuánzhúlù to fight for hegemonyTo compete for political power or national dominance among many rivals; literally "chasing the deer in the central plains"
- 问鼎中原 wèndǐngzhōngyuán to plan to seize power(idiom) to plan to seize power over the whole country; to covet the throne; to aim for the top position
- 中原大学 zhōngyuándàxué Chung Yuan Christian UniversityA private university in Chungli, Taiwan; established in 1955 as the Chung Yuan Institute of Technology and upgraded to a university in 1980.
- 中原标准时间 zhōngyuánbiāozhǔnshíjiān China Standard TimeFormer official name for China's standard time, based on the 120th meridian east; also known as [[北京时间|北京時間|bei3 jing1 shi2 jian1]].
- 一中原则 yīzhōngyuánzé One-China principlethe official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China