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中

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzung3#

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzung1#

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

zung33 · mid level

zung11 · high level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Tone difference from Unihan

中 is read zung3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is zung1. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 中 zung3 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

zung中zung1within 种zung2seed 众zung3manyzung4—zung5—仲zung6second month of a season

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

中

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

中 Zhōng CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong
中 zhōng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
中 zhòng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zhong1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zung1 · zung3

Cantonese word readings for 中. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

middle; center
medium; intermediary
within; among; in
while; in the process of; during; in the middle of; -ing
to be fit for
heart; innermost being
intermediary
(dialectal) all right; OK
(Cantonese) — short for 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó) or short for 中華／中华 (Zhōnghuá); China; Chinese; Sino-
(especially school subject) short for 中文 (Zhōngwén, “Chinese (language)”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 中國內地／中国内地 (Zhōngguó nèidì, “mainland China”)
short for 中學／中学 (zhōngxué, “middle school; secondary school”) — Used in the abbreviation of the name of a secondary school.
short for 中學／中学 (zhōngxué, “middle school; secondary school”) — Used with a number to indicate the level of secondary education.
1st tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "the center" (𝌆)
a surname

character

to hit the mark; to be correct; to be successful
to be hit by; to suffer; to be affected by
to win (a prize, a lottery)

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