Chinese edit

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (9) (28)
Final () (2) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter trjuwng kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈɨuŋ/ /kuoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈiuŋ/ /kuoX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiuŋ/ /koX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈuwŋ/ /kɔX/
Li
Rong
/ȶiuŋ/ /koX/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭuŋ/ /kuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯uŋ/ /kuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung1 gu2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ trjuwng › ‹ kuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*truŋ/ /*kˁaʔ/
English center ancient

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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 17407 4219
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuŋ/ /*kaːʔ/

Etymology 1 edit

middle old
simp. and trad.
(中古)

Adjective edit

中古

  1. middle(-aged) (as in Middle English, Middle Chinese, etc.)
Descendants edit
  • Mongolian: дундад эртний (dundad ertnii) (calque)

Noun edit

中古

  1. middle antiquity (from 3rd to 9th century)
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

中古

  1. the Middle Ages

Etymology 2 edit

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (ちゅう)() (chūko, secondhand).

Adjective edit

中古

  1. (Taiwan) used; second hand
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Chinese; China; Sino- Cuba; Cuban
simp. and trad.
(中古)

Adjective edit

中古

  1. Sino-Cuban

Proper noun edit

中古

  1. China and Cuba

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on’yomi kan’on
 中古 (時代区分) on Japanese Wikipedia
 中古日本語 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ちゅう)() (chūkoちゆうこ (tyuuko)?

  1. a secondhand or used item
    Synonyms: セコハン (sekohan), セコンドハンド (sekondo-hando), セカンドハンド (sekando-hando)
  2. medieval times (in Japanese history, including the Heian period)
    Coordinate terms: 上古 (jōko), 近古 (kinko)
  3. Short for 中古日本語 (Chūko Nihongo): Heian period Japanese; Early Middle Japanese
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
ふる > ぶる
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ちゅう)(ぶる) (chūburu

  1. (slang) a secondhand or used item

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

中古 (junggo) (hangeul 중고)

  1. Hanja form? of 중고 (secondhand).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective edit

中古

  1. chữ Hán form of trung cổ (medieval).