中間

中間

See also: 中间 and 仲間

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (中間)		中	間
simp. (中间)		中	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-kiên / chûng-kiân
• Min Dong (BUC): dṳ̆ng-găng
• Min Nan (POJ): tiong-kan

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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 gaan¹
    • Yale: jūng gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ gan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ käːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-kiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ gien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ gian¹
    • IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ gian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ gian¹
    • IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-găng
    • IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kan
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongkafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

Noun

中間

1. middle; midway (of a distance); center (of an area)

   路中間 / 路中间  ―  lù zhōngjiān  ―  centre of the road

   中間路線 / 中间路线  ―  zhōngjiān lùxiàn  ―  middle way

   我已經習慣了作為唯一一個小不點坐在一桌大人中間。 [MSC, trad.]
   我已经习惯了作为唯一一个小不点坐在一桌大人中间。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yǐjīng xíguàn le zuòwèi wéiyī yī ge xiǎobùdiǎn zuò zài yī zhuō dàrén zhōngjiān. [Pinyin]

   I was accustomed to being the only child at a table full of adults.

2. midst; within; among

   人群中間 / 人群中间  ―  rénqún zhōngjiān  ―  in the crowd

   這三個人中間 / 这三个人中间  ―  zhè sān ge rén zhōngjiān  ―  among these three people

Derived terms

中間人／中间人 (zhōngjiānrén) 中間商／中间商 中間地帶／中间地带 (zhōngjiān dìdài) 中間宿主／中间宿主

中間派／中间派 (zhōngjiānpài) 中間產品／中间产品 中間砧木／中间砧木

Proper noun

中間

1. (～市) Nakama (a city in Fukuoka, Japan)

See also

• 中心 (zhōngxīn)
• 中央 (zhōngyāng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	間
ちゅう Grade: 1	かん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

中間 (hiragana ちゅうかん, rōmaji chūkan)

1. middle, midway

   中 (ちゅう)間 (かん)テスト

   chūkan tesuto

   midterm exam