中堂
Chinese
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
(main) hall; large room | ||
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| simp. and trad. (中堂) |
中 | 堂 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): zhong1 tông2
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): doeng1 dorng2 / dyoeng1 dorng2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-tông
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngtáng
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhongtáng
- Wade–Giles: chung1-tʻang2
- Yale: jūng-táng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtarng
- Palladius: чжунтан (čžuntan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hakka
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: zhong1 tông2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃoŋ³³ tʰɔŋ²⁴/
- (Changting)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: doeng1 dorng2 [Phonetic: doeng5 dorng2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: de̤ng-dó̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tœŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ tɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dyoeng1 dorng2 [Phonetic: dyoeng5 dorng2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /tyøŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ tɒŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-tông
- Tâi-lô: tiong-tông
- Phofsit Daibuun: diongdoong
- IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
中堂
- (literary) central hall; central room
- (literary) a scroll hung in such a room
- (literary) courtyard
- (historical) prime minister; chancellor (in the Tang dynasty)
- (historical) grand secretary; minister of state (in the Ming and Qing dynasties)
Synonyms
- (central hall; central room): 堂屋 (tángwū)
- (courtyard): 庭院 (tíngyuàn)
- (prime minister; chancellor): 宰相 (zǎixiàng)
- (grand secretary; minister of state): 大學士／大学士 (dàxuéshì)
Proper noun
中堂
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “中堂”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 144.
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “中堂”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 815.