折衷

Chinese

		tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	inner feelings
simp. and trad. (折衷)		折	衷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhézhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ cung¹
Min Nan (POJ): chiat-tiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: zhézhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerjong
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    折中
    折衷
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ cung¹
  - Yale: jit chūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ tsung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ cung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatdiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

折衷

Alternative form of 折中 (zhézhōng, “to compromise”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
折	衷
せつ > せっ Grade: 4	ちゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

折中

Noun

折衷 (hiragana せっちゅう, rōmaji setchū)

taking the best of two things and combining them into one; compromise

Derived terms

和洋折衷 (wayō setchū)

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