中州
Chinese edit
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county | ||
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trad. (中州) | 中 | 州 | |
simp. #(中州) | 中 | 州 |
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
中州
- the Central Plain (area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization)
- Alternative name for 中國/中国 (Zhōngguó, “China”).
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Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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中 | 州 |
なか Grade: 1 |
す Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 中 (naka, “middle, center”) + 州 (su, “sandbank”).[1]
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a sandbank in a river
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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中 | 州 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 |
しゅう Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 中州 (*djiung *jiou). Compare modern Chinese 中州 (Zhōngzhōu).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
中州 • (chūshū) ←ちゆうしう (tyuusiu)?
- (archaic) the central location of some larger geographic area
Proper noun edit
中州 • (Chūshū) ←ちゆうしう (tyuusiu)?
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN