Zhongyuan, or the Central Plain, is the area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization.
Zhongyuan or 中原 may also refer to:
Mainland China
- Zhongyuan Mandarin, dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken on the Central Plain
- Zhongyuan Airlines, former airline based in Henan
- Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou
- Zhongyuan, Hainan, town in Qionghai
- Zhongyuan, Shaanxi, town in Hanbin District, Ankang
- West Zhongyuan Road Subdistrict (中原西路街道), formerly Zhongyuan Township, in Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou
- Zhongyuan Township, Gansu, in Zhenyuan County
- Zhongyuan Township, Jiangxi (中源乡), in Jing'an County
- Zhongyuan Festival (中元节), a Taoist holiday
Taiwan
- Chung Yuan Christian University, in Zhongli, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
- Zhongyuan metro station, station of the Taipei Metro
Other uses
- Nakahara (disambiguation), the Japanese equivalent