中央

Chinese

 
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 center; to implore
simp. and trad.
(中央)		 中 央

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tûng-ông - vernacular ("centre");
  • chûng-yông - literary ("central authorities").
Note:
  • tiong-ng - vernacular;
  • tiong-iong/tiong-iang - literary.
Rime
Character 中 央
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 陟弓切 於良切
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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶi̯uŋ/ /ʔi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhōng yāng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 中 央
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. *[t] 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 央
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 17407 14488
Phonetic
component		 中 央
Rime
group		 終 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 中 央
Old
Chinese		 /*tuŋ/ /*qaŋ/

Noun

中央

  1. centre (of all sides, ends, surfaces, etc.); middle (of a road)
    在球場中央 / 在球场中央  ―  zài qiúchǎng zhōngyāng  ―  in the centre of the field
    在馬路中央 / 在马路中央  ―  zài mǎlù zhōngyāng  ―  in the middle of the road
  2. central authorities
    中共中央宣傳部 / 中共中央宣传部  ―  zhōnggòng zhōngyāng xuānchuán bù  ―  Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China
  3. monarch; imperial government

Adjective

中央

  1. (attributive) central

Derived terms

Proper noun

中央

  1. (～市) Chūō, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中央):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中 央
ちゅう
Grade: 1		 おう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 中央 (MC ʈɨuŋ ʔɨɐŋ, “lit. centre”).

Pronunciation

Noun

中央 (hiragana ちゅうおう, rōmaji chūō, historical hiragana ちゆうあう)

  1. center/centre, middle
    宮崎市 (みやざきし)は、宮崎県 (みやざきけん)のほぼ中 (ちゅう)央 (おう)にある市 (し)で県庁所在地 (けんちょうしょざいち)、中核市 (ちゅうかくし)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.

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
中央

Noun

中央 • (jung-ang) (hangeul 중앙)

  1. Hanja form? of 중앙 (“center, middle”).
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