仲尼

Chinese

		second	Ni Hill
trad. (仲尼)		仲	尼
simp. #(仲尼)		仲	尼
Literally: “second-born [from] Ni Hill”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhòngní

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶ nei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhòngní
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhòngní
    • Wade–Giles: Chung⁴-ni²
    • Yale: Jùng-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonqni
    • Palladius: Чжунни (Čžunni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶ nei⁴
    • Yale: juhng nèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶ nei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶ néi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²² nei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwngH nrij

Rime
Character	仲	尼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直衆切	女夷切
Baxter	drjuwngH	nrij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋH/	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋH/	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋH/	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋH/	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋH/	/nji/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋH/	/ni/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋH/	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòng	ní
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung6	nei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-truŋ-s  nr[əj]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*duŋs  nil/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仲	尼
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòng	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwngH ›	‹ nrij ›
Old Chinese	/*N-truŋ-s/	/*nr[əj]/
English	middle (of brothers)	near, close
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	仲	尼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17419	9428
Phonetic component	中	尼
Rime group	終	脂
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	仲	尼
Old Chinese	/*duŋs/	/*nil/

Proper noun

仲尼

1. courtesy name of 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ, “Confucius”)

   • 十四年春，西狩於大野，叔孫氏之車子鉏商獲麟，以為不祥，以賜虞人。仲尼觀之，曰：「麟也。」然後取之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     十四年春，西狩于大野，叔孙氏之车子锄商获麟，以为不祥，以赐虞人。仲尼观之，曰：「麟也。」然后取之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Shísìnián chūn, xī shòu yú Dàyě, Shūsūnshì zhī chēzǐ Chúshāng huò lín, yǐ wèi bùxiáng, yǐ cì yúrén. Zhòngní guān zhī, yuē: “Lín yě.” Ránhòu qǔ zhī. [Pinyin]

     In the fourteenth year's spring, there was a westward hunt in Daye; the Shusun branch's cartman Chushang caught a lin; it was deemed inauspicious and given to the warden. Zhongni examined that and said: "It's a lin." Then, it was taken.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仲	尼
ちゅう Grade: 4	じ Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

/tjuː di/ → /t͡ɕuːd͡ʑi/

From Middle Chinese 仲尼 (MC drjuwngH nrij).

Proper noun

仲(ちゅう)尼(じ) • (Chūji) ^{←ちゆうぢ (Tyuudi)?}

1. courtesy name (azana) of 孔子 (Kōshi, “Confucius”)