中京

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (中京)		中	京

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōngjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ging¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongjing
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-ching¹
  - Yale: Jūng-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongjing
  - Palladius: Чжунцзин (Čžunczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ging¹
  - Yale: jūng gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ging¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ging¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

中京

(historical) middle capital (referring to a variety of cities in Chinese history)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
中	京
ちゅう Grade: 1	きょう Grade: 2
goon

中 (“mid-”) +‎ 京 (“capital”). Nagoya is the "Central Capital", between 東京 (Tōkyō, literally “Eastern Capital”) and 西京 (Saikyō, “Kyoto”, literally “Western Capital”).

Proper noun

中(ちゅう)京(きょう) • (Chūkyō) ^{←ちゅうきやう (Tyuukyau)^?}

synonym of 名古屋 (Nagoya)
Chūkyō (a metropolitan area in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
中	京
なか Grade: 1	きょう > ぎょう Grade: 2
yutōyomi

中 (“mid-”) +‎ 京 (“capital”)

Proper noun

中(なか)京(ぎょう) • (Nakagyō) ^{←なかぎやう (Nakagyau)^?}

Nakagyō (a ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture)