中和

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
simp. and trad. (中和)		中	和

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōnghé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ wo⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-fò
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-hô / tiong-hô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōnghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhonghé
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-ho²
    • Yale: jūng-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongher
    • Palladius: чжунхэ (čžunxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ wo⁴
    • Yale: jūng wòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ wo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ wo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ wɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-fò
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ fo^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ fo²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ fo¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-hô
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dionghooi
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ho²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dionghoo
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ hɔ²⁴/

Verb

中和

1. (chemistry) to neutralize

   中和反應／中和反应  ―  zhōnghé fǎnyìng  ―  neutralization

2. to find a happy medium; to compromise

Synonyms

• (to find a happy medium):

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• 折中 (zhézhōng)
• 斡旋 (wòxuán)
• 調停 / 调停 (tiáotíng)
• 調和 / 调和 (tiáohé)
• 調解 / 调解 (tiáojiě)

Derived terms

• 中和化
• 碳中和 (tànzhōnghé)

Adjective

中和

1. (literary) just; impartial; fair

Synonyms

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• 不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
• 中正 (zhōngzhèng) (literary)
• 允 (literary, or in compounds)
• 公允 (gōngyǔn)
• 公平 (gōngpíng)
• 公正 (gōngzhèng)
• 公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
• 公道 (gōngdao)
• 大正 (literary)
• 平允 (píngyǔn)
• 平正 (píngzhèng)
• 持平 (chípíng)
• 持正 (chízhèng) (literary)
• 掠平 (Hokkien)

Antonyms

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• 不平 (bùpíng)
• 偏曲 (piānqū) (literary)
• 偏頗 / 偏颇 (literary)

Proper noun

中和

1. (～區, formerly ～鄉, ～市) Zhonghe (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)
2. (～街道) Zhonghe Subdistrict (a subdistrict of Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
3. (～鎮) Zhonghe Town (name of several towns in China)
4. (～鎮) Zhonghe (a town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)
5. (～鎮) Zhonghe (a town in Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China)
6. (～里) an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan
7. (～村) Jhonghe, Zhonghe (a rural village in Cimei, Penghu County, Taiwan)
8. (historical) era name (881–885)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	和
ちゅう Grade: 1	わ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうわ [chùúwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːβ̞a̠]

Noun

中(ちゅう)和(わ) • (chūwa) ^{←ちゆうわ (tyuuwa)?}

1. (chemistry) neutralization
2. China and Japan; Sino-Japanese

Verb

中(ちゅう)和(わ)する • (chūwa suru) ^{←ちゆうわ (tyuuwa)?}suru (stem 中(ちゅう)和(わ)し (chūwa shi), past 中(ちゅう)和(わ)した (chūwa shita))

1. (chemistry) to neutralize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "中和する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	中和し	ちゅうわし	chūwa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	中和し	ちゅうわし	chūwa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	中和する	ちゅうわする	chūwa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	中和する	ちゅうわする	chūwa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	中和すれ	ちゅうわすれ	chūwa sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	中和せよ¹ 中和しろ²	ちゅうわせよ¹ ちゅうわしろ²	chūwa seyo¹ chūwa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	中和される	ちゅうわされる	chūwa sareru
Causative	中和させる 中和さす	ちゅうわさせる ちゅうわさす	chūwa saseru chūwa sasu
Potential	中和できる	ちゅうわできる	chūwa dekiru
Volitional	中和しよう	ちゅうわしよう	chūwa shiyō
Negative	中和しない	ちゅうわしない	chūwa shinai
Negative continuative	中和せず	ちゅうわせず	chūwa sezu
Formal	中和します	ちゅうわします	chūwa shimasu
Perfective	中和した	ちゅうわした	chūwa shita
Conjunctive	中和して	ちゅうわして	chūwa shite
Hypothetical conditional	中和すれば	ちゅうわすれば	chūwa sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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