城中

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (城中)		城	中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ zung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-chûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâⁿ-tiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngjhong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chung¹
    • Yale: chéng-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngjong
    • Palladius: чэнчжун (čɛnčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: sìhng jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sang^ˇ zung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang² zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: siânn-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svia'diofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siã²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siã²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siã¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siã²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siã²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyeng trjuwng

Rime
Character	城	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是征切	陟弓切
Baxter	dzyeng	trjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/	/ʈɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/	/ʈiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/	/ȶiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/	/ʈuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/	/ȶiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/	/ȶĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/	/ȶi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing4	zung1

Noun

城中

1. within the city

   • 北邙山上列墳塋，萬古千秋對洛城。城中日夕歌鐘起，山上唯聞松柏聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     北邙山上列坟茔，万古千秋对洛城。城中日夕歌钟起，山上唯闻松柏声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《北邙山》 ("Mount Mang") by Shen Quanqi, circa 700

     Běimángshān shàng liè fényíng, wàngǔqiānqiū duì Luòchéng. Chéngzhōng rìxī gē zhōng qǐ, shānshàng wéi wén sōngbǎi shēng. [Pinyin]

     On Mount Mang the graves are lined, generation after generation facing Luoyang. In the city songs and bells chime day and night, but on the mountain one hears but the wind through the pines and cypresses.

Proper noun

城中

1. (～區) Chengzhong (a district of Liuzhou, Guangxi, China)
2. (～區) Chengzhong (a district of Xining, Qinghai, China)
3. (～街道) Chengzhong (a subdistrict of Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
4. (～街道) Chengzhong (a subdistrict of Yarkant, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China)
5. (～村) Chengzhong (a village in Tancheng, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

Coordinate terms

• 城東／城东 (Chéngdōng)
• 城南 (Chéngnán)
• 城西 (Chéngxī)
• 城北 (Chéngběi)