中央

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • tûng-ông - vernacular ("centre");
  • chûng-yông - literary ("central authorities").

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
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯uŋ/ /ʔi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhōng yāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung1 joeng1
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
    中共中央宣傳部/中共中央宣传部  ―  zhōnggòng zhōngyāng xuānchuán bù  ―  Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China
  3. monarch; imperial government
    妄議中央/妄议中央  ―  wàng yì zhōngyāng  ―  to make irresponsible remarks about the imperial or central government

Synonyms

Adjective

中央

  1. (attributive) central
    中央政府的權威受到削弱。 [MSC, trad.]
    中央政府的权威受到削弱。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ de quánwēi shòudào xuēruò. [Pinyin]
    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 [Pinyin]
    multiethnic, centralized state

Derived terms

Proper noun

中央

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中央):

See also

References

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 trjuwng 'jang, “lit. centre”).

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) ちゅうお​ー [chùúóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
    • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːo̞ː]

    Noun

    中(ちゅう)央(おう) • (chūō) ←ちゆうあう (tyuuau)?

    1. center/centre, middle
      宮崎(みやざき)市(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(けんちょうしょ)在(ざい)地(ち)、中(ちゅう)核(かく)市(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.

    Proper noun

    中(ちゅう)央(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
    中央

    Noun

    中央 • (jung'ang) (hangeul 중앙)

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

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term
    中央

    Adjective

    中央

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