中央

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Chinese

middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
centre; to implore
trad. (中央)
simp. #(中央)
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Pronunciation


Note:
  • tûng-ông - vernacular ("centre");
  • chûng-yông - literary.
Note:
  • tiong-ng - vernacular ("centre");
  • tiong-iong/tiong-iang - literary.
Note:
  • dan1 ng1 - vernacular ("centre");
  • dong1 iang1 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (9) (34)
Final () (2) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter trjuwng 'jang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈɨuŋ/ /ʔɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈiuŋ/ /ʔiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiuŋ/ /ʔiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈuwŋ/ /ʔɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/ȶiuŋ/ /ʔiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭuŋ/ /ĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯uŋ/ /ʔi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhōng yāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung1 joeng1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhōng yāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ trjuwng › ‹ ʔjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*truŋ/ /*ʔaŋ/
English center center (n.)

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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 17407 14488
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuŋ/ /*qaŋ/

Noun

中央

  1. centre (of all sides, ends, surfaces, etc.); middle (of a road)
    球場中央球场中央  ―  zài qiúchǎng zhōngyāng  ―  in the centre of the field
    馬路中央马路中央  ―  zài mǎlù zhōngyāng  ―  in the middle of the road
  2. central authorities
    中央廣播電視塔中央广播电视塔  ―  zhōngyāng guǎngbō diànshìtǎ  ―  Central Radio & TV Tower
    中共中央宣傳中共中央宣传  ―  zhōnggòng zhōngyāng xuānchuán bù  ―  Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China
  3. monarch; imperial government
    中央中央  ―  wàng yì zhōngyāng  ―  to make irresponsible remarks about the imperial or central government

Synonyms

Adjective

中央

  1. (attributive) central
    中央政府權威受到削弱 [MSC, trad.]
    中央政府权威受到削弱 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ de quánwēi shòudào xuēruò.
    The authority of the central government has been weakened.
    多民族中央集權國家 [MSC, trad.]
    多民族中央集权国家 [MSC, simp.]
    duōmínzú zhōngyāng jíquán guójiā
    multiethnic, centralized state

Derived terms

Proper noun

中央

  1. () Chūō (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
  2. () Chūō (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中央):

See also

References

Japanese

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Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
おう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 中央 (MC trjuwng 'jang, “lit. centre”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ちゅう)(おう) (chūōちゆうあう (tyuuau)?

  1. center/centre, middle
    宮崎(みやざき)()は、宮崎県(みやざきけん)のほぼ(ちゅう)(おう)にある()県庁所(けんちょうしょ)(ざい)()(ちゅう)(かく)()である。
    Miyazaki-shi wa, Miyazaki-ken no hobo chūō ni aru shi de kenchō shozaichi, chūkaku shi de aru.
    Miyazaki city is roughly in the centre/center of Miyazaki prefecture, and is its main city and capital.

Proper noun

(ちゅう)(おう) (Chūō

  1. Chūō (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)

See also

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

中央 (jung'ang) (hangeul 중앙)

  1. hanja form? of 중앙 (center; middle)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

中央

  1. chữ Hán form of trung ương (central).