仲裁

Chinese

		2nd in seniority	cut out (as a dress); cut; trim cut out (as a dress); cut; trim; reduce; diminish; decision; judgement
simp. and trad. (仲裁)		仲	裁

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶ coi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiōng-chhâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngcái
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: jùng-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqtsair
    • Palladius: чжунцай (čžuncaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶ coi⁴
    • Yale: juhng chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-chhâi
    • Tâi-lô: tiōng-tshâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioxngzhaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²³/

Verb

仲裁

1. to arbitrate

   勞動仲裁／劳动仲裁  ―  láodòng zhòngcái  ―  labor arbitration

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仲裁):

• → Japanese: 仲裁(ちゅうさい) (chūsai)
• → Korean: 중재(仲裁) (jungjae)
• → Vietnamese: trọng tài (仲裁)