正中

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (正中)		正	中
anagram		中正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ zung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàⁿ-tiong / chèng-tiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngjhong
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-chung¹
    • Yale: jèng-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqjong
    • Palladius: чжэнчжун (čžɛnčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing³ zung¹
    • Yale: jing jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 正中 正宗

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiànn-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviardiofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɔŋ³³/

Noun

正中

1. middle; center; right in the middle or center
2. (literary) noon; midday

Synonyms

• (middle): 正當中／正当中 (zhèngdāngzhōng)

Derived terms

• 正中下懷／正中下怀 (zhèngzhòngxiàhuái)
• 正中己懷／正中己怀
• 正中紅心／正中红心

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
正	中
せい Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

正(せい)中(ちゅう) • (seichū) 

1. the exact middle (of something)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
正	中
しょう Grade: 1	なか Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Noun

正(しょう)中(なか) • (shōnaka) 

1. (theater) the centre of a Noh stage

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
正	中
しょう Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

正(しょう)中(ちゅう) • (shōchū) 

1. (theater) the centre of a Noh stage

Proper noun

正(しょう)中(ちゅう) • (Shōchū) 

1. the Shōchū era, 1324–1326

See also

• 元亨(げんこう) (Genkō) (era preceding Shōchū)
• 嘉暦(かりゃく) (Karyaku) (era following Shōchū)