中沙

中沙

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (中沙)		中	沙

Etymology

From their position midway between other shoals.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongsha
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-sha¹
    • Yale: Jūng-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongsha
    • Palladius: Чжунша (Čžunša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ saa¹
    • Yale: jūng sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

中沙

1. Zhongsha, the Chinese name for Macclesfield Bank, a submerged feature in the South China Sea
2. Zhongsha, part of Jiuduansha in Shanghai, China

Hypernyms

• (South China Sea island): 中沙群島／中沙群岛 (Zhōngshā Qúndǎo)
• (Yangtze island): 九段沙 (Jiǔduànshā)

Coordinate terms

• 東沙／东沙 (Dōngshā)
• 南沙 (Nánshā)
• 西沙 (Xīshā)

Descendants

• → English: Zhongsha