中耳

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	ear
trad. (中耳)		中	耳
simp. #(中耳)		中	耳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōng'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhong-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-êrh³
    • Yale: jūng-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongeel
    • Palladius: чжунъэр (čžunʺer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: jūng yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

Noun

中耳

1. (anatomy) middle ear

Derived terms

• 中耳炎 (zhōng'ěryán)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中耳):

• → Japanese: 中(ちゅう)耳(じ) (chūji)
• → Korean: 중이(中耳) (jung'i)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	耳
ちゅう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi	kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅ​うじ [chúꜜùjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ちゅうじ [chùújí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːʑi]

Noun

中(ちゅう)耳(じ) • (chūji) ^{←ちゆうじ (tyuuzi)?}

1. (anatomy) middle ear - (the cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.)

   Coordinate terms: 内耳 (naiji), 外耳 (gaiji)

Derived terms

• 中(ちゅう)耳(じ)炎(えん) (chūjien, “inflammation of the middle ear”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	耳

Noun

中耳 • (jung'i) (hangeul 중이)

1. Hanja form^? of 중이.