中央社

Chinese

		centre; middle; central authorities	society; group
trad. (中央社)		中央	社
simp. #(中央社)		中央	社

Etymology

Short for 中央通訊社／中央通讯社 (zhōngyāng tōngxùnshè).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngyāngshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄤ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ joeng¹ se⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-iong-siā / Tiong-iang-siā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngyāngshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄤ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongyangshè
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-yang¹-shê⁴
    • Yale: Jūng-yāng-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongiangsheh
    • Palladius: Чжунъяншэ (Čžunʺjanšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ joeng¹ se⁵
    • Yale: jūng yēung séh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ joeng¹ se⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yêng¹ sé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jœːŋ⁵⁵ sɛː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-iong-siā
    • Tâi-lô: Tiong-iong-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diong'iongsia
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-iang-siā
    • Tâi-lô: Tiong-iang-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diong'iangsia
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/

Proper noun

中央社

1. Central News Agency (Republic of China)