中間
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Chinese
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (中間) | 中 | 間 | |
| simp. (中间) | 中 | 间 | |
| anagram | 間中／间中 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zung1 gaan1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): zung1 jie1
- Eastern Min (BUC): dṳ̆ng-găng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): doeng1 gang1 / dyeng1 gang1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-kan
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tson-ke
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhong1 gan1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjian
- Wade–Giles: chung1-chien1
- Yale: jūng-jyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjian
- Palladius: чжунцзянь (čžunczjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
中堅／中坚
中間／中间
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җунҗян (žunži͡an, I-III)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂuŋ²⁴ t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zung1 gaan1
- Yale: jūng gāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1 gaan1
- Guangdong Romanization: zung1 gan1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-kiên
- Hakka Romanization System: zungˊ gienˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zung1 gian1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-kiân
- Hakka Romanization System: zungˊ gianˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zung1 gian1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: zung1 jie1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sũŋ¹¹ t͡ɕie¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-găng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ (k-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: doeng1 gang1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tœŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ (k-)ŋaŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dyeng1 gang1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tyøŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ (k-)ŋaŋ⁵³³/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
中間
- middle; midway (of a distance); center (of an area)
- 路中間／路中间 ― lù zhōngjiān ― centre of the road
- 中間路線／中间路线 ― zhōngjiān lùxiàn ― middle way
- midst; within; among
Synonyms
Derived terms
Proper noun
中間
See also
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “中间”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 145.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 中 | 間 |
| ちゅう Grade: 1 |
かん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 中 | 間 |
Noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 中 | 間 |
Noun
中間
- chữ Hán form of trung gian (“a party that functions as a bridge in the middle of a chain of exchange, communication, command, transaction, etc”).
Adjective
中間
- chữ Hán form of trung gian (“functioning as a bridge in the middle of a chain of exchange, communication, command, transaction, etc”).