中

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Translingual [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

The shell and bone version of 中 was of a flagpole with the pole piercing the middle of a frame (compare the etymology of 吏).

中 中 中 中
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Old Chinese *trjəngʷ (Li Fanggui (1971)). Cognate with Old Tibetan གཞུང (gzhung, “middle, center”).[1]

Han character [edit]

中 (radical 2 丨+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 中 (L), four-corner 50006)

  1. central
  2. centre, middle
  3. in the midst of, during (a period of time)
  4. hit (target)
  5. attain

References [edit]

  1. ^ 《汉藏语同源词综探》，全广镇

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

中 (jyutping zung1, zung3, Yale jung1, jung3)

Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

中 (POJ chung, Guangdong tung1, tshung1 [Meixian], tung1, chung1 [Hailu], Hagfa Pinyim dung4, zung1)

References [edit]

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

中 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Compound words that contain 中

Common

Common (continued)

Common (continued)

Uncommon

Noun [edit]

中 (hiragana なか, romaji naka)

  1. inside
  2. middle

中 (hiragana ちゅう, romaji chū)

  1. middle
  2. during
  3. being in the process of doing
  4. second volume of a three volume set

中 (hiragana うち, romaji uchi)

内 (うち, uchi)
裡 (うち, uchi)
内 is the most common kanji for this pronunciation.
  1. inside

Proper noun [edit]

中 (hiragana あたる, romaji Ataru)

  1. A female given name

Suffix [edit]

中 (hiragana じゅう, romaji -jū)

  1. during, in the course of, throughout
  2. all over, everywhere

中 (hiragana ちゅう, romaji -chū)

  1. being in the process of doing

Usage notes [edit]

The distinction between じゅう (jū) and ちゅう (chū) is somewhat confusing: じゅう means throughout, in all places, as in 一日中 (ichinichijū, “all day long”) or 体中 (karadajū, “throughout the body”), while ちゅう means within, but not everywhere, as in 授業中 (jugyōchū, “in class, during class”). Contrast “I worked on this all day long” with “I worked on this in class (but not necessarily for the entire time)”.

Korean [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Romanization

Revised

jung

transliteration

jung
McCune–Reischauer

chung

Yale

cwung

Hanja [edit]

中
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 중 (revised: jung, McCune-Reischauer: chung, Yale: cwung)
  • Name (hangeul): 가운데 (revised: gaunde, McCune-Reischauer: kaunde, Yale: kawuntey)
  1. the middle, the center, the heart, the midst

Compounds [edit]

Noun [edit]

中 (jung)

  1. Hanja form? of 중, “the middle, medium, during”.

Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

中 (pinyin zhōng (zhong1), zhòng (zhong4), Wade-Giles chung1, chung4)

Preposition [edit]

中 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhōng)

  1. In the middle.

Verb [edit]

中 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhòng)

  1. To accomplish.

Compounds [edit]

Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

中 (POJ tìng, tiong, tiòng)

References [edit]

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

中 (trung, trong, truông, đúng, trúng, truồng)

References [edit]

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