中子

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (中子)		中	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-chú / tiong-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jūng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtzyy
    • Palladius: чжунцзы (čžunczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹ zi²
    • Yale: jūng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 中子 中指 中止 宗旨 盅子 終止／终止

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chír
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

中子

1. (physics) neutron
2. (archaic) middle son

Derived terms

• 中子彈／中子弹 (zhōngzǐdàn)
• 中子星 (zhōngzǐxīng)
• 中子源 (zhōngzǐyuán)
• 微中子 (wēizhōngzǐ)
• 文中子

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
中	子
ちゅう Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅ​うし [chúꜜùshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɕi]

Noun

中(ちゅう)子(し) • (chūshi) ^{←ちゆうし (tyuusi)?}

1. middle son

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
中	子
なか Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
中心

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なか​ご [nàkáꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) なかご [nàkágó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ka̠ɡo̞]

Noun

中(なか)子(ご) • (nakago) 

1. center
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Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
中	子
なか Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) な​かこ [náꜜkàkò] (Atamadaka – [1]) given name
• (Tokyo) なかこ [nàkákó] (Heiban – [0]) surname
• IPA^(key): [na̠ka̠ko̞]

Proper noun

中(なか)子(こ) • (Nakako) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
中	子
みつ Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
nanori	kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) み​つこ [míꜜtsùkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝko̞]

Proper noun

中(みつ)子(こ) • (Mitsuko) 

1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	子

Noun

中子 • (jungja) (hangeul 중자)

1. Hanja form^? of 중자.