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; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (折中)		折	中
variant forms		折衷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhézhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ zung³
Min Nan (POJ): chiat-tiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: zhézhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerjong
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    折中
    折衷
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ zung³
  - Yale: jit jung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ dzung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ zung³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʊŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatdiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/

Verb

折中

to find a happy medium; to compromise

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