國中

Chinese

		country; state; nation	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (國中)		國	中
simp. (国中)		国	中
anagram		中國／中国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guózhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ zung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koet-chûng / ket-chûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok-tiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guózhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guójhong
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-chung¹
    • Yale: gwó-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwojong
    • Palladius: гочжун (gočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ zung¹
    • Yale: gwok jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koet-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gued^ˋ zung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gued⁵ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯et̚² t͡suŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koet-chûng / ket-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gued^ˋ zung^ˊ / ged^ˋ zung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gued⁵ zung¹ / ged⁵ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯et̚² t͡suŋ²⁴/, /ket̚² t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: kok-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokdiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwok trjuwng

Rime
Character	國	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	德 (132)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古或切	陟弓切
Baxter	kwok	trjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwək̚/	/ʈɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷək̚/	/ʈiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuək̚/	/ȶiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwək̚/	/ʈuwŋ/
Li Rong	/kuək̚/	/ȶiuŋ/
Wang Li	/kuək̚/	/ȶĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwək̚/	/ȶi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwak1	zung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.q]ʷˤək  truŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯːɡ  tuŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	國	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guó	zhōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwok ›	‹ trjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/	/*truŋ/
English	state (n.)	center
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	國	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	5547	17407
Phonetic component	或	中
Rime group	職	終
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	國	中
Old Chinese	/*kʷɯːɡ/	/*tuŋ/

Noun

國中

1. (archaic) central part of a country (historically, commonly known as the capital city or the main region, where an emperor or other ruler resides)

   Synonym: 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó) (archaic)

2. (archaic) in the country; within one's country; back home
3. (Taiwan) Short for 國民中學／国民中学 (guómín zhōngxué, “junior high school; middle school; intermediate school”).

   Synonym: 初中 (chūzhōng)

4. (Malaysia) national secondary school: a type of secondary school where Malay is the medium of instruction

   Antonym: 華中／华中 (huázhōng)

Adjective

國中

1. (archaic) domestic; civil; internal (to a country)