surname Zhong

second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers

(Tw) middleman; agent; broker

midsummer; second month of summer

courtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]

see 仲巴縣|仲巴县[Zhong4 ba1 Xian4]

father's younger brother; (sometimes used to refer to Confucius)

second month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar

real estate agent (Tw)

(literary) brothers; elder and younger brother

eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)

Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period; known as Guangzi 管子

Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳[Chen2 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1]

Chen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567–c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1]

Zhongba, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet

Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer

another name for Yan Ying 晏嬰|晏婴[Yan4 Ying1] or Yanzi 晏子[Yan4 zi3] (-500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2]

Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]

Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty

lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent; nothing to choose between them

almost on a par

(idiom) eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers

Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]