中堂

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (中堂)		中	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngtáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): doeng¹ dorng² / dyeng¹ dorng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngtáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongtáng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: jūng-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtarng
    • Palladius: чжунтан (čžuntan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: doeng¹ dorng² [Phonetic: doeng⁵ dorng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tœŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ tɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dyeng¹ dorng² [Phonetic: dyeng⁵ dorng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyøŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ tɒŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-tông
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongdoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/

Noun

中堂

1. (literary) central hall; central room
2. (literary) a scroll hung in such a room
3. (literary) courtyard
4. (historical) prime minister; chancellor (in the Tang dynasty)
5. (historical) grand secretary; minister of state (in the Ming and Qing dynasties)

Synonyms

• (central hall; central room): 堂屋 (tángwū)
• (courtyard): 庭院 (tíngyuàn)
• (prime minister; chancellor): 宰相 (zǎixiàng)
• (grand secretary; minister of state): 大學士／大学士 (dàxuéshì)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “中堂”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 144.