The Chinese call their country 中國(zhong1 guo2 - lit. middle country) because this was how the government referred to their centralized power during times where China was divided into many different "countries". So this name does not only refer to geographic location (while the users believed their location to be the center of civilization), but also to political affiliation.
They call their country Zhongguo which means Middle (Central) Country. They call it that because the early Chinese supposed that they were the 'Middle' of the world and any other countries there were, were small and unimportant.
The Chinese call their country Zhonggou Which means Middle Country. They call China "the middle country" because they think that China is in the middle of the world and is the most powerful.
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It was believed that China was on the center of the earth and that it was "special". The Emperor ruled everything under heaven (i.e. the earth) and the entire world was centered around his Empire.
It is 中国 (zhōngguó).
china
They considered China to be in the middle of the world and the most important country in the world.
China's history can be tracked back over 3,500 years, making it the oldest living civilization. The ancient Chinese called their land Chung Kuo or "middle country"
middle kingdom
every country can be in the middle horizontally according to the map today. but its impossible for China to be in the middle vertically according to the map today. Source: wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China is called Zhongguo (中國 or 中国) in Chinese. The character zhōng (中) means "middle" or "central," while guó (国 or 國) means "state". The term is commonly translated into English as "Middle Kingdom", but is also sometimes translated as "Central Kingdom".[1]
Because North of China is the Mongolian steppes, in the South is the deep forests in Viet Nam, in the East it is ocean, and in the West it's the Tibetan Plateau. It is hard not to belive that where they lived is the "middle" of the world.
Middle Country.
中国 [zhōng guó] middle - 中; country - 国
They considered it to be in the middle of the world and the most inportant country in the world.
They considered China to be in the middle of the world and the most important country in the world.
They considered China to be in the middle of the world and the most important country in the world.
China means old land and hard work. But you can only use it by using the beterian Chinese. The word 'China' in Chinese means the 'MIDDLE COUNTRY' and is pronounced as 'Zhong Guo',written as '中國'.
China's history can be tracked back over 3,500 years, making it the oldest living civilization. The ancient Chinese called their land Chung Kuo or "middle country"
middle kingdom
外国人 外国 means foreign country 人 means people Its pronounciation is "wai guo ren" and Chinese people also call foreigner 老外。
every country can be in the middle horizontally according to the map today. but its impossible for China to be in the middle vertically according to the map today. Source: wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China is called Zhongguo (中國 or 中国) in Chinese. The character zhōng (中) means "middle" or "central," while guó (国 or 國) means "state". The term is commonly translated into English as "Middle Kingdom", but is also sometimes translated as "Central Kingdom".[1]
Marco Polo had never been to Japan, but he did write about what he heard about the country while he was in China. Marco Polo called Japan Cipangu, which means 'the country of Japan' in Chinese.
The name is Chinese is 天蝎座 (tiān xiē zuò), which means 'The heavenly scorpion constellation'