中庸

Chinese

 
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
ordinary; to use
simp. and trad.
(中庸)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (9) (36)
Final () (2) (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈɨuŋ/ /jɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈiuŋ/ /jioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiuŋ/ /ioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈuwŋ/ /juawŋ/
Li
Rong
/ȶiuŋ/ /ioŋ/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭuŋ/ /jĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯uŋ/ /i̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhōng yóng
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhōng yōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ trjuwng › ‹ yowng ›
Old
Chinese
/*truŋ/ /*loŋ/
English center use; advantage

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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 17407 15459
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuŋ/ /*loŋ/

Proper noun

中庸

  1. the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books (四書四书 (Sìshū)) of Confucianism)

Noun

中庸

  1. moderation; neutrality; middle way; middle path; golden mean

Derived terms

  • 中庸之道

Adjective

中庸

  1. moderate (of virtuousness and ability)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中庸):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
よう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

中庸 (-na inflection, hiragana ちゅうよう, rōmaji chūyō)

  1. moderate; neutral

Antonyms

  •  (りょう) (きょく) (たん) (ryōkyokutan, both extreme)

Inflection

Noun

中庸 (hiragana ちゅうよう, rōmaji chūyō)

  1. moderation; neutrality; middle way; middle path
  2. (philosophy) golden mean

Proper noun

中庸 (hiragana ちゅうよう, rōmaji Chūyō)

  1. the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books ( () (しょ) (shisho)) of Confucianism)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

中庸 (jung-yong) (hangeul 중용)

  1. Hanja form? of 중용 ((philosophy) golden mean).

Proper noun

中庸 (Jung-yong) (hangeul 중용)

  1. Hanja form? of 중용 (the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books (사서 (saseo)) of Confucianism)).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Proper noun

中庸

  1. Hán tự form of Trung Dung (the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books of Confucianism)).
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