中国 (Zhōngguó) – “Middle Kingdom”

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中国 is the name for China in Chinese.

• 中 = middle, center
• 国 = country, kingdom
• 中国 = “Middle Country” / “Middle Kingdom”

Historically, China saw itself as a cultural center of the world.

Example sentence

• 我爱中国。
  Wǒ ài Zhōngguó.
  I love China.