折中

Chinese

		tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (折中)		折	中
alternative forms		折衷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhézhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ zung³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-tiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhézhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhéjhong
    • Wade–Giles: chê²-chung¹
    • Yale: jé-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerjong
    • Palladius: чжэчжун (čžɛčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ zung³
    • Yale: jit jung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ dzung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ zung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatdiofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

折中

1. to find a happy medium; to compromise
2. (literary, chiefly obsolete) to judge; to make judgment based on a standard

   • 自天子王侯，中國言六藝者折中於夫子，可謂至聖矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     自天子王侯，中国言六艺者折中于夫子，可谓至圣矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Zì tiānzǐ wánghóu, Zhōngguó yán liùyì zhě zhézhōng yú Fūzǐ, kěwèi zhì shèng yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Everyone within the Zhongguo, — monarchs and noble princes none the less — as long as they speak of the Six Arts, is judged against the paragon of Confucius, who is worthy of the epithet "the Pinnacle of Wisdom".

Synonyms

• (to find a happy medium):

• 中和 (zhōnghé)
• 斡旋 (wòxuán)
• 調停／调停 (tiáotíng)
• 調和／调和 (tiáohé)
• 調解／调解 (tiáojiě)

 

Derived terms

• 折中主義／折中主义 (zhézhōng zhǔyì)