| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 中央 | ちゅうおう | centre, central, center, middle |
| 中国 | ちゅうごく | China; South-west most region of Honshu, middle of a country, the Hiroshima area |
| 中心 | ちゅうしん | center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance |
| 中でも | なかでも | among (other things), inter alia; above all (else) |
| 中間 | ちゅうかん | middle, midway, interim |
| 中東 | ちゅうとう | Middle East |
| 途中 | とちゅう | on the way, en route; in the middle of, midway |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう | concentration, convergence, centralization, integration, gathering together |
| 中学 | ちゅうがく | middle school, junior high school |
| 中学生 | ちゅうがくせい | junior high school student, middle school pupil |