中堅

中堅

See also: 中坚

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	strong; solid; firm strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
trad. (中堅)		中	堅
simp. (中坚)		中	坚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gin¹
• Min Nan (POJ): tiong-kian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: zhōngjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjian
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 中堅／中坚 中間／中间

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gin¹
    • Yale: jūng gīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ gin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kiːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kian
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-kian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongkiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

中堅

1. main force; main body of troops
2. backbone; core; key figure

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	堅
ちゅう Grade: 1	けん Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

中堅 (hiragana ちゅうけん, rōmaji chūken)

1. main force, main body of troops
2. backbone, core, key figure
   • 1948, 豊島与志雄, 小さき花にも:

     いったいこれが、新時代 (しんじだい)の苦 (く)悩 (のう)の代弁者 (だいべんしゃ)と目 (め)される中 (ちゅう)堅 (けん)作 (さっ)家 (か)の、本 (ほん)当 (とう)の姿 (すがた)なのであろうか。

     Ittai kore ga, shinjidai no kunō no daibensha to mesareru chūken sakka no, hontō no sugata na no de arō ka.

     Could this person presenting himself before me actually be the central literary figure serving as the mouthpiece of the anguish of our new age?

3. (baseball) center field

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Korean

Hanja in this term
中	堅

Noun

中堅 • (junggyeon) (hangeul 중견)

1. Hanja form^? of 중견 (“backbone, nucleus”).