中唐

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	Tang dynasty (618–907)
simp. and trad. (中唐)		中	唐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngtáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngtáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongtáng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: jūng-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtarng
    • Palladius: чжунтан (čžuntan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

Noun

中唐

1. (obsolete) path from the entrance to the hall

   • 中唐有甓，邛有旨鷊。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     中唐有甓，邛有旨鹝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhōngtáng yǒu pì, qióng yǒu zhǐ yì. [Pinyin]

     The middle path of the temple is covered with its tiles; on the height is the beautiful medallion plant.

2. (obsolete) courtyard

Proper noun

中唐

1. (poetry, historical) the period in the Tang dynasty from the Dali era of Emperor Daizong (766-779) to the Dahe era of Emperor Wenzong (827-835)

Coordinate terms

• 初唐 (Chūtáng)
• 盛唐 (Shèngtáng)
• 晚唐