佔中

Chinese

		to occupy; to constitute; to make up to occupy; to constitute; to make up; to account; to observe; to divine	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (佔中)		佔	中
simp. (占中)		占	中

Etymology

Short for 佔領中環／占领中环 (zhànlǐng Zhōnghuán, “Occupy Central”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhànzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim³ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhànzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhànjhong
    • Wade–Giles: Chan⁴-chung¹
    • Yale: Jàn-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jannjong
    • Palladius: Чжаньчжун (Čžanʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim³ zung¹
    • Yale: jim jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim³ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim³ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

佔中

1. "Occupy Central with Love and Peace" (a Hong Kong civil disobedience campaign launched in September 2014); Occupy Central