Usage of the character 央

central air conditioning
(fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男 (nuǎnnán), a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry)

zhōngyāngquánhuì

中央全会

[中央全會]

plenary session of the Central Committee

zhōngyāngyínháng

中央银行

[中央銀行]

central bank

zhōngyāngjūnwěi

中央军委

[中央軍委]

Central Military Committee (CMC)

Zhōngyāng Rìbào

中央日报

[中央日報]

Central Daily News

zhōngyāngjíquán

中央集权

[中央集權]

centralized state power

zhōngyāngchǔlǐjī

中央处理机

[中央處理機]

central processing unit (CPU)

Zhōngyāng Xuānchuánbù

中央宣传部

[中央宣傳部]

Central Propaganda Department (abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部／中国共产党中央委员会宣传部 ( Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Xuānchuánbù))

Zhōngyāng Yánjiūyuàn

中央研究院

[中央研究院]

Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei

Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì

中央委员会

[中央委員會]

Central Committee

Zhōngyāng Diànshìtái

中央电视台

[中央電視台]

China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network

Zhōngyāng Qíngbàojú

中央情报局

[中央情報局]

US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA

zhōngyāngfēnchēdài

中央分车带

[中央分車帶]

median strip
central reservation (on a divided road)

zhōngyāngzhíxiáshì

中央直辖市

[中央直轄市]

municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶／重庆, the first level administrative subdivision
province level city
also called directly governed city

zhōngyāngzhuānzhìjíquán

中央专制集权

[中央專制集權]

centralized autocratic rule

Oūzhōu Zhōngyāng Yínháng

欧洲中央银行

[歐洲中央銀行]

European Central Bank

Zhōngyāng Guǎngbō Diàntái

中央广播电台

[中央廣播電臺]

Radio Taiwan International (RTI)

Zhōngyāng Yīnyuè Xuéyuàn

中央音乐学院

[中央音樂學院]

Central Conservatory of Music

Zhōngyāng Xìjù Xuéyuàn

中央戏剧学院

[中央戲劇學院]

Central Academy of Drama

Zhōngyāng Cáijīng Dàxué

中央财经大学

[中央財經大學]

Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing

Zhōngyāng Mínzú Dàxué

中央民族大学

[中央民族大學]

Central University for Nationalities

Zhōnggòng Zhōngyāng Xuānchuánbù

中共中央宣传部

[中共中央宣傳部]

Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Zhōngyāng Zhíxíng Wěiyuánhuì

中央执行委员会

[中央執行委員會]

Central Executive Committee

Zhōngyāng Jūnshì Wěiyuánhuì

中央军事委员会

[中央軍事委員會]

(PRC) Central Military Commission

Zhōng Gòng Zhōngyāng Zǔzhībù

中共中央组织部

[中共中央組織部]

Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which oversees appointments of Party members to official positions throughout China
abbr. to 中組部／中组部 ( Zhōngzǔbù)

Zhōng Gòng Zhōngyāng Bàngōngtīng

中共中央办公厅

[中共中央辦公廳]

General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee
abbr. to 中辦／中办 ( Zhōng Bàn)

Cháoxiǎn Zhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè

朝鲜中央通讯社

[朝鮮中央通訊社]