中心

See also: 忠

Chinese
 
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 heart; mind
simp. and trad.
(中心)		 中 心
anagram 心中

Pronunciation

Noun

中心

  1. centre (point in the interior of a circle or sphere)
  2. centre (place where some function or activity occurs)
    社區衛生服務中心 [MSC, trad.]
    社区卫生服务中心 [MSC, simp.]
    shèqū wèishēng fúwù zhōngxīn [Pinyin]
    community healthcare center
    托兒中心 / 托儿中心  ―  tuō'ér zhōngxīn  ―  childcare centre

Synonyms

Adjective

中心

  1. central

Proper noun

中心

  1. (～區) a former name of Siming District (思明區) in Xiamen, Fujian, China during the late 1940s
  2. (～村) Zhongxin (a village in Wudian, Guangshui, Suizhou, Hubei, China)

Derived terms
Derived terms from 中心

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
中 心
ちゅう
Grade: 1		 しん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 中心 (trjuwng sim, literally “heart in the middle”). Compare modern Hakka reading chûng-sîm.

From 中 (chū, “center”) + 心 (shin, “core”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ちゅうしん [chùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

Noun

中心 (hiragana ちゅうしん, rōmaji chūshin)

  1. center, middle, heart, core (physical center)
    • 1931, 宮本百合子, ワルシャワのメーデー:
      広場 (ひろば)の中心 (ちゅうしん)へ行 (い)くと、やっと、行列 (ぎょうれつ)らしいものがあった。
      Hiroba no chūshin e iku to, yatto, gyōretsu-rashī mono ga atta.
      She went to the middle of the plaza and finally found a sort of queue.
  2. center, hub (most important area of activity)
    • 1908, 夏目漱石, 坑夫:
      事 (こと)の起 (おこ)りを調 (しら)べて見 (み)ると、中心 (ちゅうしん)には一人 (ひとり)の少女 (しょうじょ)がいる。
      Koto no okori o shirabete miru to, chūshin ni wa hitori no shōjo ga iru.
      If you investigate its origins, you'll find one girl at the center of it all.
  3. crux, main point
    • 1921, 豊島与志雄, 反抗:
      今後 (こんご)の生活 (せいかつ)が問題 (もんだい)の中心 (ちゅうしん)だった。
      Kongo no seikatsu ga mondai no chūshin datta.
      The main issue was how we would live from then on.

Derived terms
  • 中心街 (ちゅうしんがい) (chūshingai): town center
  • 中心角 (ちゅうしんかく) (chūshinkaku): central angle
  • 中心地 (ちゅうしんち) (chūshinchi): center, metropolis
  • 中心点 (ちゅうしんてん) (chūshinten): center
  • 中心部 (ちゅうしんぶ) (chūshinbu): central part
  • 中心窩 (ちゅうしんか) (chūshinka): fovea centralis
  • 中心思想 (ちゅうしんしそう) (chūshin shisō): central idea
  • 中心人物 (ちゅうしんじんぶつ) (chūshin jinbutsu): leader
  • 中心静脈 (ちゅうしんじょうみゃく) (chūshin jōmyaku): central vein
  • 中心的 (ちゅうしんてき) (chūshinteki): central, mainline
  • 中心的役割 (ちゅうしんてきやくわり) (chūshinteki yakuwari): central role
  • 質量中心 (しつりょうちゅうしん) (shitsuryō chūshin): center of mass
  • 自己中心 (じこちゅうしん) (jiko chūshin): selfishness, egotism
  • 自己中心性 (じこちゅうしんせい) (jiko chūshinsei): egocentrism
  • 自己中心的 (じこちゅうしんてき) (jiko chūshinteki): egoistic, selfish

Idioms
  • 中心 (ちゅうしん)とする (chūshin to suru): play a leading role
  • 中心 (ちゅうしん)となる (chūshin to naru): play a central role

See also

References
  1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.

Korean
Hanja in this term
中心

Noun

中心 • (jungsim) (hangeul 중심)

  1. Hanja form? of 중심 (“center, middle”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
中心

Noun

中心

  1. Hán tự form of trung tâm (“center”).
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