中京

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (中京)		中	京

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongjing
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-ching¹
    • Yale: Jūng-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongjing
    • Palladius: Чжунцзин (Čžunczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ ging¹
    • Yale: jūng gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

中京

1. (historical) middle capital (referring to a variety of cities in Chinese history)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
中	京
ちゅう Grade: 1	きょう Grade: 2
goon

中 (“mid-”) +‎ 京 (“capital”). Nagoya is the "Central Capital", between 東京 (Tōkyō, literally “Eastern Capital”) and 西京 (Saikyō, “Kyoto”, literally “Western Capital”).

Proper noun

中(ちゅう)京(きょう) • (Chūkyō) ^{←ちゅうきゃう (tyuukyau)?}

1. Synonym of 名古屋 (Nagoya)
2. Chūkyō (a metropolitan area in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
中	京
なか Grade: 1	きょう > ぎょう Grade: 2
yutōyomi

中 (“mid-”) +‎ 京 (“capital”)

Proper noun

中(なか)京(ぎょう) • (Nakagyō) ^{←なかぎゃう (nakagyau)?}

1. Nakagyō (a ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture)