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Chinese[edit]
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
heart; mind | ||
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simp. and trad. (中心) |
中 | 心 | |
anagram | 心中 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
中心
- center (point in the interior of a circle or sphere)
- center (place where some function or activity occurs)
Adjective[edit]
中心
Proper noun[edit]
中心
- (~區) a former name of Siming District (思明區) in Xiamen, Fujian, China during the late 1940s
- (~村) Zhongxin (a village in Wudian, Guangshui, Suizhou, Hubei, China)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms from 中心
See also[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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中 | 心 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 |
しん Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese compound 中心 (trjuwng sim, literally “heart in the middle”). Compare modern Hakka reading chûng-sîm.
From 中 (chū, “center”) + 心 (shin, “core”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
中心 (hiragana ちゅうしん, rōmaji chūshin)
- center, middle, heart, core (physical center)
- 1931, 宮本百合子, ワルシャワのメーデー:
- 広場の中心へ行くと、やっと、行列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.
- 広場の中心へ行くと、やっと、行列らしいものがあった。
- 1931, 宮本百合子, ワルシャワのメーデー:
- center, hub (most important area of activity)
- 1908, 夏目漱石, 坑夫:
- 事の起りを調べて見ると、中心には一人の少女がいる。
- 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.
- 事の起りを調べて見ると、中心には一人の少女がいる。
- 1908, 夏目漱石, 坑夫:
- crux, main point
- 1921, 豊島与志雄, 反抗:
- 今後の生活が問題の中心だった。
- Kongo no seikatsu ga mondai no chūshin datta.
- The main issue was how we would live from then on.
- 今後の生活が問題の中心だった。
- 1921, 豊島与志雄, 反抗:
Derived terms[edit]
Idioms[edit]
See also[edit]
- 中央 (chūō)
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
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中 | 心 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
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中 | 心 |
Noun[edit]
中心
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