中人

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (中人)		中	人
anagram		人中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-lâng / tiong-lîn / tiong-jîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongrén
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-jên²
    • Yale: jūng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongren
    • Palladius: чжунжэнь (čžunžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: jūng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dionglaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongliin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 中人

1. middleman; go-between; intermediary; mediator
2. person of average ability

Synonyms

• (middleman):

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• 中介 (zhōngjiè) (chiefly mainland China)
• 中間人／中间人 (zhōngjiānrén)
• 九八人 (Hokkien, dated)
• 代理人 (dàilǐrén)
• 仲介 (zhòngjiè) (chiefly Taiwan)
• 伢子 (yázi) (Northeastern Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jin)
• 市儈／市侩 (shìkuài) (archaic)
• 拍空仔 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 掮客 (qiánkè)
• 牙人 (yárén) (archaic)
• 牙儈／牙侩 (yákuài) (archaic)
• 牙子 (yázi) (archaic)
• 牙郎 (yáláng) (archaic)
• 牽仔／牵仔 (Hokkien)
• 當中人／当中人 (⁵taon-tson-gnin) (Wu)
• 經紀／经纪 (jīngjì)
• 經紀人／经纪人 (jīngjìrén)
• 說合人／说合人 (sueh^4-3 hah⁵ reng¹) (Jin)

 

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	人
ちゅう Grade: 1	にん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

中(ちゅう)人(にん) • (chūnin) 

1. an age category for differentiating entrance fees, for ages higher than 小人 and lower than 大人.
2. go-between, mediator