中庸

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Chinese

middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
 ordinary; to use
trad. (中庸) 中 庸
simp. #(中庸) 中 庸
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 中 庸
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 陟弓切 餘封切
Baxter trjuwng yowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈɨuŋ/ /jɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈiuŋ/ /jioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶiuŋ/ /ioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈuwŋ/ /juawŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ȶiuŋ/ /ioŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ȶĭuŋ/ /jĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȶi̯uŋ/ /i̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhōng yóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zung1 jung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 中 庸
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhōng yōng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trjuwng › ‹ yowng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*truŋ/ /*loŋ/
English center use; advantage

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 中 庸
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 17407 15459
Phonetic
component 		中 用
Rime
group 		終 東
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		中 容
Old
Chinese 		/*tuŋ/ /*loŋ/

Proper noun

中庸

  1. the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books (四書／四书 (Sìshū)) of Confucianism)

Noun

中庸

  1. moderation; neutrality; middle way; middle path; golden mean

Derived terms

Adjective

中庸

  1. moderate (of virtuousness and ability)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中庸):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中 庸
ちゅう
Grade: 1 		よう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjective

中(ちゅう)庸(よう) • (chūyō) -na (adnominal 中(ちゅう)庸(よう)な (chūyō na), adverbial 中(ちゅう)庸(よう)に (chūyō ni))

  1. moderate; neutral

Inflection

Inflection of 中庸
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 中庸だろ ちゅうようだろ chūyō daro
Continuative (連用形) 中庸で ちゅうようで chūyō de
Terminal (終止形) 中庸だ ちゅうようだ chūyō da
Attributive (連体形) 中庸な ちゅうような chūyō na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 中庸なら ちゅうようなら chūyō nara
Imperative (命令形) 中庸であれ ちゅうようであれ chūyō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 中庸ではない
中庸じゃない 		ちゅうようではない
ちゅうようじゃない 		chūyō de wa nai
chūyō ja nai
Informal past 中庸だった ちゅうようだった chūyō datta
Informal negative past 中庸ではなかった
中庸じゃなかった 		ちゅうようではなかった
ちゅうようじゃなかった 		chūyō de wa nakatta
chūyō ja nakatta
Formal 中庸です ちゅうようです chūyō desu
Formal negative 中庸ではありません
中庸じゃありません 		ちゅうようではありません
ちゅうようじゃありません 		chūyō de wa arimasen
chūyō ja arimasen
Formal past 中庸でした ちゅうようでした chūyō deshita
Formal negative past 中庸ではありませんでした
中庸じゃありませんでした 		ちゅうようではありませんでした
ちゅうようじゃありませんでした 		chūyō de wa arimasen deshita
chūyō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 中庸で ちゅうようで chūyō de
Conditional 中庸なら（ば） ちゅうようなら（ば） chūyō nara (ba)
Provisional 中庸だったら ちゅうようだったら chūyō dattara
Volitional 中庸だろう ちゅうようだろう chūyō darō
Adverbial 中庸に ちゅうように chūyō ni
Degree 中庸さ ちゅうようさ chūyōsa

Antonyms

Noun

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中(ちゅう)庸(よう) • (chūyō) 

  1. moderation; neutrality; middle way; middle path
  2. (philosophy) golden mean

Proper noun

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中(ちゅう)庸(よう) • (Chūyō) 

  1. the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books (四(し)書(しょ) (shisho)) of Confucianism)

Korean

Hanja in this term
中庸

Noun

中庸 • (jung'yong) (hangeul 중용)

  1. hanja form? of 중용 (“(philosophy) golden mean”)

Proper noun

中庸 • (Jung'yong) (hangeul 중용)

  1. hanja form? of 중용 (“the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books (사서 (saseo)) of Confucianism)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
中庸

Proper noun

中庸

  1. chữ Hán form of Trung Dung (“the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books of Confucianism)”).
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