中耳

中耳

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	ear
simp. and trad. (中耳)		中	耳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōng'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhōng'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongeel
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhong'ěr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: jūng yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

Noun

中耳

1. middle ear

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中耳):

• → Japanese: 中耳 (ちゅうじ) (chūji)
• → Korean: 중이 (中耳, jung-i)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	耳
ちゅう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

中耳 (hiragana ちゅうじ, rōmaji chūji)

1. (anatomy) middle ear - (the cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.)

Derived terms

• 中耳炎 (ちゅうじえん) (chūjien, “inflammation of the middle ear”)