中央

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Chinese[edit]

 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
centre; to implore
trad. (中央)
simp. #(中央)
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Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • tûng-ông - vernacular ("centre");
  • chûng-yông - literary ("central authorities").
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
  • Note:
    • tiong-ng - vernacular ("centre");
    • tiong-iong/tiong-iang ("central authorities") - literary.
    Note: dan1 ng1 - vernacular ("centre").

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 1/1
    Initial () (9) (34)
    Final () (2) (105)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () III III
    Fanqie
    Baxter trjuwng 'jang
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ʈɨuŋ/ /ʔɨɐŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʈiuŋ/ /ʔiɐŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ȶiuŋ/ /ʔiɑŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʈuwŋ/ /ʔɨaŋ/
    Li
    Rong
    /ȶiuŋ/ /ʔiaŋ/
    Wang
    Li
    /ȶĭuŋ/ /ĭaŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ȶi̯uŋ/ /ʔi̯aŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zhōng yāng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zung1 joeng1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    zhōng yāng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ trjuwng › ‹ ʔjang ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*truŋ/ /*ʔaŋ/
    English center center (n.)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 1/1
    No. 17407 14488
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tuŋ/ /*qaŋ/

    Noun[edit]

    中央

    1. centre (of all sides, ends, surfaces, etc.); middle (of a road)
      球場中央球场中央  ―  zài qiúchǎng zhōngyāng  ―  in the centre of the field
      馬路中央马路中央  ―  zài mǎlù zhōngyāng  ―  in the middle of the road
    2. central authorities
      中央廣播電視塔中央广播电视塔  ―  zhōngyāng guǎngbō diànshìtǎ  ―  Central Radio & TV Tower
      中共中央宣傳中共中央宣传  ―  zhōnggòng zhōngyāng xuānchuán bù  ―  Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China
    3. monarch; imperial government

    Synonyms[edit]

    Adjective[edit]

    中央

    1. (attributive) central
      中央政府權威受到削弱 [MSC, trad.]
      中央政府权威受到削弱 [MSC, simp.]
      Zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ de quánwēi shòudào xuēruò. [Pinyin]
      The authority of the central government has been weakened.
      多民族中央集權國家 [MSC, trad.]
      多民族中央集权国家 [MSC, simp.]
      duōmínzú zhōngyāng jíquán guójiā [Pinyin]
      multiethnic, centralized state

    Derived terms[edit]

    Proper noun[edit]

    中央

    1. () Chūō (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
    2. () Chūō (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (中央):

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

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    Kanji in this term
    ちゅう
    Grade: 1
    おう
    Grade: 3
    on’yomi

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese compound 中央 (MC trjuwng 'jang, “lit. centre”).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (ちゅう)(おう) (chūōちゆうあう (tyuuau)?

    1. center/centre, middle
      宮崎(みやざき)()は、宮崎県(みやざきけん)のほぼ(ちゅう)(おう)にある()県庁所(けんちょうしょ)(ざい)()(ちゅう)(かく)()である。
      Miyazaki-shi wa, Miyazaki-ken no hobo chūō ni aru shi de kenchō shozaichi, chūkaku shi de aru.
      Miyazaki city is roughly in the centre/center of Miyazaki prefecture, and is its main city and capital.

    Proper noun[edit]

    (ちゅう)(おう) (Chūō

    1. Chūō (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja in this term

    Noun[edit]

    中央 (jung'ang) (hangeul 중앙)

    1. Hanja form? of 중앙 (center; middle).

    Vietnamese[edit]

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term

    Adjective[edit]

    中央

    1. chữ Hán form of trung ương (central).