中途

zhōng tú

midway

他决定中途退出比赛。

He decided to drop out of the competition midway.

general

The middle part of a journey, process, or activity; halfway point.

我们在中途停下来休息了一下。

We stopped to rest halfway.

Often used to describe quitting or changing something in the middle of the process.

general

In the middle of a journey or trip.

中途遇到了暴雨，我们不得不绕道而行。

We encountered a heavy rainstorm midway and had to take a detour.

Collocations

中途退出drop out midway中途加入join halfway中途停止stop halfway

to give up halfway

'中途' is often used with verbs like '退出' (drop out) or '加入' (join) to describe actions taken in the middle of a process.

Do not use '中途' to describe the beginning or end of something; it strictly refers to the middle part.

Composed of '中' (middle) and '途' (way/path), literally meaning 'middle of the way'.

Commonly used to describe quitting or changing plans in the middle of an activity or journey.

中

middle

root

途

way/path

root

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