Contionary:中

Dan'a'yo

Fact Table
中	HSK/1
日	1
韓	中
SKIP	4/4/3
Radical	丨

Alternative Forms

Manmun: 중 ; Latin: juŋ

Pronunciation

(Dan'a'yo) IPA: /t͡ɕuŋ/

Verbal Affix

1. as a verbal suffix, this is the progressive aspect marker
2. in compounds, it means "middle". For a stand-alone word, use 中央
   • Because China is the 中国, it may be used as the abbreviation for "China"

Sino-Magyar

Old & New Form

中

Gavgyukk hondzú: Year 1, number 17.

Etymology

• Ma:
• Hon: Middle Chinese /ʈɨuŋ/

Pronunciation

(Sino-Magyar) IPA:

• Ma: [køz] [ˈkøzɛ-], [køzeː-], [køzø-]
• Hon: [t͡ʃun], [t͡ʃuŋɡ]

Noun

中 (Cyrillic: кѫз, кѫзє-, кѫзѫ-)

1. middle (RWH: köz, köze-, közö-)

Derived terms

中ㄨおㄅ; 中おゝま, 中おまおㅅ; 中ひゝ; 中おまおひゝお.

Compounds

中学

Kundarayo

Pronunciation

Yndok (音讀): 중 жунг /tjuŋ/ [tɕuŋ]~[dʑuŋ]

Hundok (訓讀): 나가 нага /naka/ [naga]

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 中 (naka)

Noun

1. Middle, inside

Compounds and Derivates

• 中庭 (나가니바) countryside
• 中身 (나가미) contents, substance
• 真中 (마나가) dead center

Etymology

From Korean, from Middle Chinese trjuwng

Adjective

1. Middle (in a scale)
2. In the process of...
3. Between
4. (Shortening from 중국) China

Compounds and Derivates

• 中間 (중간) mid-way