中原

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
simp. and trad. (中原)		中	原
Literally: “central plain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chûng-ngièn / Chûng-ngiàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-goân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ nguêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongyuán
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-yüan²
    • Yale: Jūng-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongyuan
    • Palladius: Чжунъюань (Čžunʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: jūng yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-goân
    • Tâi-lô: Tiong-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dionggoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ nguêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong nguêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ ŋueŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 中原

1. the Central Plain (area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization)
2. China
3. (～街道) Zhongyuan (a subdistrict of Fancheng district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

• (Central Plain): 中土 (Zhōngtǔ), 中州 (Zhōngzhōu)
• (China): 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	原
なか Grade: 1	はら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Proper noun

中(なか)原(はら) or 中原(proper) • (nakahara or proper) [[Category:Japanese
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1. a surname