其中

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Chinese

his; her; its
his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)
 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
simp. and trad.
(其中)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (30) (9)
Final () (19) (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter gi trjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨ/ /ʈɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡɨ/ /ʈiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡie/ /ȶiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gɨ/ /ʈuwŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɡiə/ /ȶiuŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭə/ /ȶĭuŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/gi/ /ȶi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kei4 zung1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ gi › ‹ trjuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɡə/ /*truŋ/
English (3p possessive) center

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 # 2/2 1/2
No. 9947 17407
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡɯ/ /*tuŋ/

Adverb

其中

  1. in; among (which, them, etc.); therein
    不知其中奧妙不知其中奥妙  ―  bùzhī qízhōng àomiào  ―  to be ignorant of the marvels therein

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