中世

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (中世)		中	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongshìh
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: Jūng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongshyh
    • Palladius: Чжунши (Čžunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 中世 中式

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ sai³
    • Yale: jūng sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³/

Proper noun

中世

1. the Middle Ages; medieval times

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	世
ちゅう Grade: 1	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːse̞ː]
• (Tokyo) ちゅうせー [chúꜜùsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

中(ちゅう)世(せい) • (chūsei) 

1. Middle Ages
2. Short for 中世日本語: Late Middle Japanese

Hyponyms

• 平安時代 (Hēan jidai)
• 鎌倉時代 (Kamakura jidai)
• 室町時代 (Muromachi jidai)
• 南北朝時代 (Nanbokuchō jidai)
• 戦国時代 (Sengoku jidai)

Coordinate terms

• 古代 (kodai)
• 中世 (chūsē)
• 近世 (kinsē)
• 近代 (kindai)
• 現代 (gendai)

References

• “中世”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	世

Noun

中世 • (jungse) (hangeul 중세)

1. hanja form^? of 중세 (“Middle Ages; the medieval era”)