中二

Chinese

Etymology 1

		secondary school	two
simp. and trad. (中二)		中	二

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōng'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhong-èr
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-êrh⁴
    • Yale: jūng-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongell
    • Palladius: чжунъэр (čžunʺer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ ji⁶
    • Yale: jūng yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː²²/

Noun

中二

1. (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) second year in secondary school; secondary 2; form 2

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 初二 (chū'èr)
• (Taiwan) 國二／国二 (guó'èr)

Etymology 2

		middle school	two
simp. and trad. (中二)		中	二

Back-formation from 中二病 (zhōng'èrbìng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōng'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhong-èr
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-êrh⁴
    • Yale: jūng-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongell
    • Palladius: чжунъэр (čžunʺer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ ji⁶
    • Yale: jūng yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː²²/

Adjective

中二

1. (neologism, of teenagers, chiefly attributive) sophomoric, edgy and rebellious