中心

See also: 忠

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (中心)		中	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ sam¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chûng-sîm
• Min Nan (POJ): tiong-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhōngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshin
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ sam¹
    • Yale: jūng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ sam¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sîm
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-sim
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ³⁴⁻²² ɕim³⁴/

Noun

中心

1. center

Derived terms

• 中國中心主義, 中国中心主义 (Zhōngguózhōngxīnzhǔyì)

Anagrams

• 心中 (xīnzhōng)

See also

• 中间 (zhōngjiān)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	心
ちゅう Grade: 1	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 中 (chū, “center”) + 心 (shin, “core”)

Noun

中心 (hiragana ちゅうしん, romaji chūshin)

1. center, middle, heart, core (physical center)
   • 1931, 宮本百合子, ワルシャワのメーデー:

     広場 (ひろば)の中心 (ちゅうしん)へ行 (い)くと、やっと、行列 (ぎょうれつ)らしいものがあった。

     hiroba no chūshin e iku to, yatto, gyōretsu-rashī mono ga atta.

     She went to the middle of the plaza and finally found a sort of queue.

2. center, hub (most important area of activity)
   • 1908, 夏目漱石, 坑夫:

     事 (こと)の起 (おこ)りを調 (しら)べて見 (み)ると、中心 (ちゅうしん)には一人 (ひとり)の少女 (しょうじょ)がいる。

     koto no okori o shirabete miru to, chūshin ni wa hitori no shōjo ga iru.

     If you investigate its origins, you'll find one girl at the center of it all.

3. crux, main point
   • 1921, 豊島与志雄, 反抗:

     今後 (こんご)の生活 (せいかつ)が問題 (もんだい)の中心 (ちゅうしん)だった。

     kongo no seikatsu ga mondai no chūshin datta.

     The main issue was how we would live from then on.

Derived terms

• 中心街 (chūshingai): town center
• 中心角 (chūshinkaku): central angle
• 中心地 (chūshinchi): center, metropolis
• 中心点 (chūshinten): center
• 中心部 (chūshinbu): central part
• 中心窩 (chūshinka): fovea centralis
• 中心思想 (chūshin shisō): central idea
• 中心人物 (chūshin jinbutsu): leader
• 中心静脈 (chūshin jōmyaku): central vein

• 中心的 (chūshinteki): central, mainline
• 中心的役割 (chūshinteki-yakuwari): central role
• 質量中心 (shitsuryō chūshin): center of mass
• 自己中心 (jiko chūshin): selfishness, egotism
• 自己中心性 (jiko chūshinsei): egocentrism
• 自己中心的 (jiko chūshinteki): egoistic, selfish

Idioms

• 中心とする (chūshin to suru): play a leading role
• 中心となる (chūshin to naru): play a central role

See also

• 中央 (ちゅうおう, chūō)

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Korean

Hanja in this word
中	心

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): t͡ɕuŋɕim
• Phonetic hangul: 중심

Romanization

Revised	jungsim	transliteration	jungsim
McCune–Reischauer	chungshim	Yale	cwungsim

Noun

中心 (jungsim) (hangeul 중심)

1. Hanja form^? of 중심, “center, middle”.