其中

Chinese

		his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (其中)		其	中

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qízhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-chûng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kî-tiong / kî-tng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ dong¹ / ki⁵ dang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qízhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíjhong
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-chung¹
  - Yale: chí-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyijong
  - Palladius: цичжун (cičžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ zung¹
  - Yale: kèih jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ zung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki² zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: kî-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'diofng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tng
  - Tâi-lô: kî-tng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'dngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki⁵ dong¹ / ki⁵ dang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî tong / khî tang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³³/, /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: gi trjuwng

Rime
Character	其	中
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠之切	陟弓切
Baxter	gi	trjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/	/ʈɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/	/ʈiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/	/ȶiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/	/ʈuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/	/ȶiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/	/ȶĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi/	/ȶi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴	zung¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ɡə truŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ tuŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	其	中
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí	zhōng
Middle Chinese	‹ gi ›	‹ trjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*ɡə/	/*truŋ/
English	(3p possessive)	center
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	其	中
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	9947	17407
Phonetic component	其	中
Rime group	之	終
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	其	中
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/	/*tuŋ/

Adverb

其中

in; among (which, them, etc.); therein
不知其中奧妙／不知其中奥妙 ― bùzhī qízhōng àomiào ― to be ignorant of the marvels therein
- 飯疏食，飮水，曲肱而枕之，樂亦在其中矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  饭疏食，飮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
  Fàn shū shí, yǐn shuǐ, qū gōng ér zhěn zhī, yuè yì zài qízhōng yǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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個中／个中 (gèzhōng)
此中 (cǐzhōng)

Derived terms

允執其中／允执其中
樂在其中／乐在其中 (lèzàiqízhōng)
置身其中
金玉其外，敗絮其中／金玉其外，败絮其中 (jīnyù qíwài, bàixù qízhōng)