中葉

See also: 中叶

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	leaf; page
trad. (中葉)		中	葉
simp. (中叶)		中	叶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyè
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: jūng-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongyeh
    • Palladius: чжунъе (čžunʺje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ jip⁶
    • Yale: jūng yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: trjuwng yep

Rime
Character	中	葉
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	鹽 (155)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	陟弓切	與涉切
Baxter	trjuwng	yep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/jiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/jiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/jæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/jiap̚/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/iɛp̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/jĭɛp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/i̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	jip6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ  l[a]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ  leb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	中	葉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng	yè
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwng ›	‹ yep ›
Old Chinese	/*truŋ/	/*l[a]p/
English	center	leaf
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	中	葉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17407	11561
Phonetic component	中	世
Rime group	終	盍
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	中	葉
Old Chinese	/*tuŋ/	/*leb/

Noun

中葉

1. middle part of a period (eg. of a century, dynasty, etc.)

   • 昔在中葉，有震且業。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昔在中叶，有震且业。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Xī zài zhōngyè, yǒu zhèn qiě yè. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	葉
ちゅう Grade: 1	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 中葉 (MC trjuwng|trjuwngH yep|syep).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうよー [chùúyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːjo̞ː]

Noun

中(ちゅう)葉(よう) • (chūyō) ^{←ちゆうえふ (tyuuefu)?}

1. (literary) middle part of a period (eg. of a century, dynasty, etc.)

Coordinate terms

• 後葉(こうよう) (kōyō)