Let's learn about "~중"(~ing)

<Examples of “중”(~ing)>

1) 회의 중 : during meeting
2) 수업 중 : (while) in class; in the middle of class
3) 참석 중 : attending
4) 잠자는 중 : during sleeping
5) 가는 중 : on the way (with the meaning of “go”)
6) 오는 중 : on the way to (with the meaning of “come”)
7) 씻는 중 : in the middld of washing; during shower
8) 먹는 중 : in the middle of eating; during eating
9) 찾는 중 : in the middle of searching/finding/looking
10) 하는 중 : in the process of some activity/action
11) 전화 중 : in the phone

Thus we can make a lot of examples by combining “a verb/noun has the meaning of activity” + “중”

you should remember that “중” is diffent from “종”

“중” : (1) [=가운데, 중심, 중앙] the center; the middle (2) [=중위] medium; average (3) [=…가운데] in; between; among; amidst; of; out of; in the middle of (3) [=…의 속] in; through (4) [=…동안에] during; in (the course of); throughout; while; for (5) [=진행중] under; in process[course] of

 ==> ~~중이다  means “be in the middle of doing; be in the cdnter of something/doing; be under doing; during period; something is going on; on some action/activity/vacation...)

“종” : (1) [=줄기] a stalk (2) [=노비] a slave; a servant (3) [=끝] an end (4) [=종류] a kind: a sort; species (5) [=종자] a seed; a grain; [=품종] a breed; a stock (6) [=벨] a bell (7) [=세로] length: height

* 횡 : [=가로] width; breadth
* 종횡[縱橫] : height and width
* 종횡으로 : [=자유자재로] freely; with perfect freedom; at will; as one pleases[likes]