中流

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (中流)		中	流
simp. #(中流)		中	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhonglióu
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-liu²
    • Yale: jūng-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongliou
    • Palladius: чжунлю (čžunlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngliúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhonglióur
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-liu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jūng-lyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonglioul
    • Palladius: чжунлюр (čžunljur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: jūng làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 中流 鐘樓／钟楼

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-liû
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongliuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/

Noun

中流

1. midstream of a river
2. middle reaches of a river
3. (figurative) middle level; mediocrity

Derived terms

• 中流擊楫／中流击楫
• 中流砥柱 (zhōngliúdǐzhù)
• 擊楫中流／击楫中流
• 砥柱中流

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	流
ちゅう Grade: 1	る Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅ​うる [chúꜜùrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

中(ちゅう)流(る) • (chūru) 

1. in Ritsuryō, semi-distant exile