中沙

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (中沙)		中	沙

Etymology

From their position midway between other shoals.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongsha
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-sha¹
    • Yale: Jūng-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongsha
    • Palladius: Чжунша (Čžunša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ saa¹
    • Yale: jūng sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

中沙

1. Zhongsha, Chungsha (a collection of areas in the South China Sea, including Macclesfield Bank, Scarborough Shoal and other areas claimed by China (PRC) and Taiwan (ROC); some of these areas are waters claimed by the Philippines)
2. Zhongsha, part of Jiuduansha in Shanghai, China

Hypernyms

• (South China Sea island): 中沙群島／中沙群岛 (Zhōngshā Qúndǎo)
• (Yangtze island): 九段沙 (Jiǔduànshā)

Coordinate terms

• 東沙／东沙 (Dōngshā)
• 南沙 (Nánshā)
• 西沙 (Xīshā)

Descendants

• → English: Chungsha, Chung-sha, Jhongsha, Zhongsha