仲尼

Chinese

		second	Ni Hill
trad. (仲尼)		仲	尼
simp. ^#(仲尼)		仲	尼
Literally: “second-born [from] Ni Hill”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhòngní

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶ nei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhòngní
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhòngní
  - Wade–Giles: Chung⁴-ni²
  - Yale: Jùng-ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonqni
  - Palladius: Чжунни (Čžunni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung⁶ nei⁴
  - Yale: juhng nèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶ nei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶ néi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²² nei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: drjuwngH nrij

Rime
Character	仲	尼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直衆切	女夷切
Baxter	drjuwngH	nrij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋ^H/	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋ^H/	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋ^H/	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋ^H/	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋ^H/	/nji/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋ^H/	/ni/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋ^H/	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòng	ní
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung⁶	nei⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*N-truŋ-s nr[əj]/

(Zhengzhang): /*duŋs nil/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仲	尼
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòng	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwng^H ›	‹ nrij ›
Old Chinese	/*N-truŋ-s/	/*nr[əj]/
English	middle (of brothers)	near, close
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	仲	尼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17419	9428
Phonetic component	中	尼
Rime group	終	脂
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	仲	尼
Old Chinese	/*duŋs/	/*nil/

Proper noun

仲尼

courtesy name of 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ, “Confucius”)
- 十四年春，西狩於大野，叔孫氏之車子鉏商獲麟，以為不祥，以賜虞人。仲尼觀之，曰：「麟也。」然後取之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  十四年春，西狩于大野，叔孙氏之车子锄商获麟，以为不祥，以赐虞人。仲尼观之，曰：「麟也。」然后取之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Shísìnián chūn, xī shòu yú Dàyě, Shūsūnshì zhī chēzǐ Chúshāng huò lín, yǐ wèi bùxiáng, yǐ cì yúrén. Zhòngní guān zhī, yuē: “Lín yě.” Ránhòu qǔ zhī. [Pinyin]
  In the fourteenth year's spring, there was a westward hunt in Daye; the Shusun branch's cartman Chushang caught a lin; it was deemed inauspicious and given to the warden. Zhongni examined that and said: "It's a lin." Then, it was taken.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仲	尼
ちゅう Grade: 4	じ Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

/tjuː di/ → /t͡ɕuːd͡ʑi/

From Middle Chinese 仲尼 (MC drjuwngH nrij).

Proper noun

仲(ちゅう)尼(じ) • (Chūji) ^{←ちゆうぢ (Tyuudi)^?}

courtesy name (azana) of 孔子 (Kōshi, “Confucius”)

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