Read Edit View history 中原 zhōngyuán Central Plains Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 中原 zhōngyuán Central Plains The middle and lower regions of the Yellow River, including Henan and parts of Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, and Shaanxi; traditionally considered the cradle of Chinese civilization. China (Literary) A term used to refer to China as a whole. middle of a plain (Literary) The center or middle part of a plain. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 15.8 per million Cross-References Referenced by 潼关 tóngguān中土 zhōngtǔSynonym 中州 zhōngzhōu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
中原 zhōngyuán Central Plains The middle and lower regions of the Yellow River, including Henan and parts of Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, and Shaanxi; traditionally considered the cradle of Chinese civilization. China (Literary) A term used to refer to China as a whole. middle of a plain (Literary) The center or middle part of a plain. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 15.8 per million Cross-References Referenced by 潼关 tóngguān中土 zhōngtǔSynonym 中州 zhōngzhōu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)