域中

域中

Chinese

		field; region; area field; region; area; domain (taxonomy)	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (域中)		域	中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùjhong
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chung¹
    • Yale: yù-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhjong
    • Palladius: юйчжун (jujčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦwɨk̚  ʈɨuŋ/

Rime
Character	域	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	蒸 (135)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雨逼切	陟弓切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɨk̚/	/ʈɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨk̚/	/ʈiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuek̚/	/ȶiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwik̚/	/ʈuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣiuək̚/	/ȶiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwək̚/	/ȶĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wək̚/	/ȶi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wik6	zung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷrək  truŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷrɯɡ  tuŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	域	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù	zhōng
Middle Chinese	‹ hwik ›	‹ trjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷrək/	/*truŋ/
English	territory	center
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	域	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	5554	17407
Phonetic component	或	中
Rime group	職	終
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	域	中
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷrɯɡ/	/*tuŋ/

Noun

域中

1. (literary) world; universe

   • 域中有四大，而人居其一焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Yùzhōng yǒu sìdà, ér rén jū qí yī yān. [Pinyin]

     The universe has four great ones, and Man is one of them.

2. (literary, figurative) China; country

   • 請看今日之域中，竟是誰家之天下？ [MSC, trad.]
     请看今日之域中，竟是谁家之天下？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 7th century, 駱賓王 Luo Binwang, 《代徐敬業討武氏檄》Exhortation against Wu on behalf of Xu Jingye.

     Qǐngkàn jīnrì zhī yùzhōng, jìngshì shéijiā zhī tiānxià? [Pinyin]

     Please look at our country now, whose house does our nation end up belonging to?

Synonyms

• (world):

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世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds) 世界 (shìjiè) 四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative) 天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative) 天跤下 (Min Nan, figurative)

薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative) 區宇／区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative) 四國／四国 (sìguó) (literary) 宇內／宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)

• (China):

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Synonyms of 域中

中 (Zhōng) (abbreviation) 中原 (Zhōngyuán) 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) 唐山 (Tángshān) 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty) 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang) 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive) 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete) 猜拿 (transliteration of English China) 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary) 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)

至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete) 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic) 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó) 中華／中华 (Zhōnghuá) 種花家／种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous) 華／华 (Huá) (abbreviation) 華夏／华夏 (Huáxià) 諸夏／诸夏 (Zhūxià) 諸華／诸华 (Zhūhuá) 赤縣／赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary) 赤縣神州／赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)