中行

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (中行)		中	行

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngxíng, zhōngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsíng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsing²
    • Yale: jūng-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshyng
    • Palladius: чжунсин (čžunsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsìng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsing⁴
    • Yale: jūng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshinq
    • Palladius: чжунсин (čžunsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: trjuwng haengH

Rime
Character	中	行
Reading #	1/2	4/4
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	陟弓切	下更切
Baxter	trjuwng	haengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/ɦˠæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/ɦᵚaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/ɣaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/ɦaɨjŋH/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/ɣɐŋH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/ɣɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/ɣɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	hèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	hang6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ  [ɡ]ˤraŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ  ɡraːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	中	行
Reading #	1/2	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng	xíng
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwng ›	‹ hængH ›
Old Chinese	/*truŋ/	/*[ɡ]ˁraŋ-s/
English	center	action
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	中	行
Reading #	1/2	4/4
No.	17407	13876
Phonetic component	中	行
Rime group	終	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	中	行
Old Chinese	/*tuŋ/	/*ɡraːŋs/

Noun

中行

1. (literary) middle way; proper action; appropriate conduct

   • 子曰：「不得中行而與之，必也狂狷乎！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「不得中行而与之，必也狂狷乎！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Bùdé zhōngxíng ér yǔ zhī, bì yě kuángjuàn hū!” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "Since I cannot get men pursuing the due medium, to whom I might communicate my instructions, I must find the ardent and the cautiously-decided."

Etymology 2

Originally, a 氏 (shì, “hereditary clan; house”) created in the state of Jin (晉), taking the name from the "Central Column" — 中 (zhōng)行 (háng) — of the Jin armies.

晉侯作三行以禦狄，荀林父將中行，屠擊將右行，先蔑將左行。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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晋侯作三行以御狄，荀林父将中行，屠击将右行，先蔑将左行。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Jìnhóu zuò sān háng yǐ yù Dí, Xún Línfǔ jiàng zhōng háng, Tú Jī jiàng yòu háng, Xiān Miè jiàng zuǒ háng. [Pinyin]

The Marquis of Jin established the Three Columns in order to defend against the Di. Xun Linfu, Tu Ji, and Xian Mie commanded the Central, Right, and Left columns respectively.

According to Kong Yingda's annotations to the Zuozhuan, the Middle Chinese fanqie of 行 in this context was 戶郎反 (reconstructed: /*ɦɑŋ/, /*ɣɑŋ/ > Mandarin háng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongháng
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-hang²
    • Yale: Jūng-háng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongharng
    • Palladius: Чжунхан (Čžunxan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ  [ɡ]ˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ  ɡaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	中	行
Reading #	1/2	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng	háng
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwng ›	‹ hang ›
Old Chinese	/*truŋ/	/*[ɡ]ˁaŋ/
English	center	rank, row
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	中	行
Reading #	1/2	1/4
No.	17407	13864
Phonetic component	中	行
Rime group	終	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	中	航
Old Chinese	/*tuŋ/	/*ɡaːŋ/

Proper noun

中行

1. Zhonghang (a historical surname)

   中行桓子  ―  Zhōngháng Huánzǐ  ―  Lord Huan of Zhonghang (posthumous appellation of Xun/Zhonghang Linfu, fl. c. 7th century BCE)

   中行說／中行说  ―  Zhōngháng Yuè  ―  Zhonghang Yue (fl. c. 2nd century BCE)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongháng
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-hang²
    • Yale: Jūng-háng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongharng
    • Palladius: Чжунхан (Čžunxan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

中行

1. Short for 中國銀行／中国银行 (Zhōngguó Yínháng, “Bank of China”).