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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-tiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhézhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhéjhong
    • Wade–Giles: chê²-chung¹
    • Yale: jé-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerjong
    • Palladius: чжэчжун (čžɛčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ cung¹
    • Yale: jit chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatdiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

折衷

1. 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(せっ)衷(ちゅう) • (setchū) 

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

Derived terms

• 和洋折衷 (wayō setchū)