中二

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	two
simp. and trad. (中二)		中	二

Etymology

Back-formation from 中二病 (zhōng'èrbìng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōng'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhong-èr
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-êrh⁴
    • Yale: jūng-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongell
    • Palladius: чжунъэр (čžunʺer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 中二

1. (neologism, of teenagers, chiefly attributive) sophomoric, edgy and rebellious