中途

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	way; route; road
trad. (中途)		中	途
simp. #(中途)		中	途
anagram		途中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngtú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ tou⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ tu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngtú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongtú
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-tʻu²
    • Yale: jūng-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtwu
    • Palladius: чжунту (čžuntu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ tou⁴
    • Yale: jūng tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongdoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ tu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong thû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ tʰu⁵⁵/

Noun

中途

1. midway; halfway

Derived terms

• 中途島 / 中途岛 (Zhōngtú Dǎo)
• 中途站

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中途):

• → Japanese: 中(ちゅう)途(と) (chūto)
• → Korean: 중도(中途) (jungdo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	途
ちゅう Grade: 1	と Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうと [chùútó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːto̞]

Noun

中(ちゅう)途(と) • (chūto) ^{←ちゆうと (tyuuto)?}

1. halfway, midway

Derived terms

• 中途半端(ちゅうとはんぱ) (chūtohanpa, “unfinished, halfhearted, incompletion”)
• 中途採用(ちゅうとさいよう) (chūtosaiyō, “mid-career recruitment”)