- 中间人 zhōngjiānrén middlemanAn intermediary or mediator who acts as a witness, negotiator, or broker between two parties; also called [[中人|中人|zhong1 ren2]]
- 中间商 zhōngjiānshāng middlemanAn individual or business that acts as a link between manufacturers and consumers; broker; middleman
- 中间层 zhōngjiāncéng interlayerAn intermediate layer of material between two other layers
- 中间派 zhōngjiānpài centrista middle-of-the-road group, faction, or individual; a neutral party or person who stays between two opposing sides
- 半中间 bànzhōngjiān middlethe middle part or section of an object
- 中间件 zhōngjiānjiàn middlewaresoftware that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and other applications, especially on a network
- 中间地带 zhōngjiāndìdài intermediate zoneThe middle area between two points; a buffer zone or neutral territory.
- 中间宿主 zhōngjiānsùzhǔ intermediate hostA host that harbors a parasite during its larval or asexual stages before it reaches its final host.
- 中间人攻击 zhōngjiānréngōngjī man-in-the-middle attackin computing, a type of cyberattack where the attacker secretly intercepts and relays communications between two parties who believe they are communicating directly with each other
- 中间产品 zhōngjiānchǎnpǐn intermediate productan industrial good or raw material that has been processed but is not yet a final product for direct consumer use; intermediates
- 中间神经元 zhōngjiānshénjīngyuán interneuroninterneuron; a neuron that transmits impulses between other neurons
- 中间纤维 zhōngjiānxiānwéi intermediate filamentintermediate filament; structural proteins in the cell nucleus or cytoplasm that provide mechanical strength to cells and support to cells and tissues
- 中间色 zhōngjiānsè intermediate colorA color created by mixing two other colors, or a neutral color that is neither too bright nor too dark; a demitint.
- 中间贸易 zhōngjiānmàoyì entrepot tradetrade in which goods are imported and then exported to another destination via an intermediary port
- 中间路线 zhōngjiānlùxiàn middle roadthe middle road or middle way, especially in politics; centrism
- 中间音 zhōngjiānyīn medial(phonetics) the middle sound in a syllable, specifically a vowel or semi-vowel that comes between the initial consonant and the main vowel
- 当中间 dāngzhōngjiān centerin the middle; the center; between two parts or objects
- 中间名 zhōngjiānmíng middle namemiddle name; second given name
- 当中间儿 dāngzhōngjiànr centerthe middle or center of something; same as [[当中|當中|dang1 zhong1]]