中將

See also: 中将

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
trad. (中將)		中	將
simp. (中将)		中	将

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 中(ちゅう)将(じょう) (chūjō)^[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngjiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ zoeng³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): doeng¹ zyorng⁴ / dyoeng¹ zyoeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-chiòng / tiong-chiàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngjiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjiàng
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-chiang⁴
  - Yale: jūng-jyàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjianq
  - Palladius: чжунцзян (čžunczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ zoeng³
  - Yale: jūng jeung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dzoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ zêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: doeng¹ zyorng⁴ [Phonetic: doeng² zyorng⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: de̤ng-cio̤̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tœŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ t͡syɒŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dyoeng¹ zyoeng⁴ [Phonetic: dyoeng² zyoeng⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyøŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ t͡syøŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chiòng
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-tsiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongcioxng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chiàng
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-tsiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongciaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaŋ²¹/