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Chinese
[edit]middle; centre; within middle; centre; 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]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsin
- Wade–Giles: chung1-hsin1
- Yale: jūng-syīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshin
- Palladius: чжунсинь (čžunsinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 中心
忠心
衷心
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zung1 sam1
- Yale: jūng sām
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1 sam1
- Guangdong Romanization: zung1 sem1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
中心
忠心
衷心
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sîm
- Hakka Romanization System: zungˊ ximˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zung1 xim1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: trjuwng sim
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ səm/
- (Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ slɯm/
Noun
[edit]中心
- centre (point in the interior of a circle or sphere)
- centre (main part of a thing); core
- centre (place where some function or activity occurs)
Synonyms
[edit]- (centre: point in the interior of a circle or sphere): 當心/当心 (dāngxīn), 當中/当中 (dāngzhōng), 核心 (héxīn), 中央 (zhōngyāng)
- (centre: place where some function or activity occurs): 基點/基点 (jīdiǎn)
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)
Adverb
[edit]中心
- (Classical) in the heart; with all one's heart; from the bottom of one's heart
- 謔浪笑敖,中心是悼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Xuè làng xiào ào, zhōngxīn shì dào. [Pinyin]
- With scornful words and dissolute, — the smile of pride.
To the centre of my heart I am grieved.
谑浪笑敖,中心是悼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- 其母死,哭泣無涕,中心不戚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qí mǔ sǐ, kūqì wú tì, zhōngxīn bù qī. [Pinyin]
- When his mother died, in all his wailing for her he did not shed a tear, and in the core of his heart he felt no distress.
其母死,哭泣无涕,中心不戚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 中心憯怛,愛人之仁也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhōngxīn cǎn dá, ài rén zhī rén yě. [Pinyin]
- Where there is a deep and compassionate sympathy in the heart, we have humanity evidenced in the love of others.
中心憯怛,爱人之仁也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
[edit]- 世貿中心/世贸中心
- 中國中心主義/中国中心主义 (Zhōngguó zhōngxīn zhǔyì)
- 中心人物
- 中心化 (zhōngxīnhuà)
- 中心匯率/中心汇率
- 中心區/中心区 (zhōngxīnqū)
- 中心商品
- 中心商業區/中心商业区 (zhōngxīn shāngyèqū)
- 中心城市 (zhōngxīn chéngshì)
- 中心店 (Zhōngxīndiàn)
- 中心思想 (zhōngxīn sīxiǎng)
- 中心法則/中心法则 (zhōngxīn fǎzé)
- 中心粒 (zhōngxīnlì)
- 中心街 (zhōngxīnjiē)
- 中心角
- 中心體/中心体 (zhōngxīntǐ)
- 中心點/中心点
- 健身中心 (jiànshēn zhōngxīn)
- 副都市中心
- 呼叫中心 (hūjiào zhōngxīn)
- 商業中心/商业中心 (shāngyè zhōngxīn)
- 國家中心城市/国家中心城市
- 國際金融中心/国际金融中心
- 報案中心/报案中心
- 境外航運中心/境外航运中心
- 境外轉運中心/境外转运中心
- 大考中心
- 家扶中心
- 小販中心/小贩中心 (xiǎofàn zhōngxīn)
- 市中心 (shìzhōngxīn)
- 復健中心/复健中心
- 快感中心 (kuàigǎn zhōngxīn)
- 托老中心
- 日中心
- 活動中心/活动中心
- 熟食中心 (shúshí zhōngxīn)
- 物流中心
- 視聽中心/视听中心
- 種源中心/种源中心
- 管制中心
- 線上購物中心/线上购物中心
- 職訓中心/职训中心
- 自我中心 (zìwǒ zhōngxīn)
- 航發中心/航发中心
- 西方中心主義/西方中心主义 (xīfāngzhōngxīnzhǔyì)
- 資料交換中心/资料交换中心
- 資訊中心/资讯中心
- 購物中心/购物中心 (gòuwù zhōngxīn)
- 道路中心樁/道路中心桩
- 電話交友中心/电话交友中心
- 馬上辦中心/马上办中心
Descendants
[edit]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 1
[edit]From Middle Chinese compound 中心 (MC 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 • (chūshin) ←ちゆうしん (tyuusin)?
- 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]- 中心人物 (chūshin jinbutsu): leader
- 中心地 (chūshinchi): center, metropolis
- 中心思想 (chūshin shisō): central idea
- 中心点 (chūshinten): center
- 中心的 (chūshinteki): central, mainline
- 中心的役割 (chūshinteki yakuwari): central role
- 中心窩 (chūshinka): fovea centralis
- 中心街 (chūshingai): town center
- 中心角 (chūshinkaku): central angle
- 中心部 (chūshinbu): central part
- 中心静脈 (chūshin jōmyaku): central vein
- 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
- 質量中心 (shitsuryō chūshin): center of mass
Idioms
[edit]See also
[edit]- 中央 (chūō)
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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中 | 心 |
なか Grade: 1 |
こ > ご Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 中心 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 中心, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
[edit]- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
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中 | 心 |
Noun
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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中 | 心 |
Noun
[edit]中心
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