中堅

See also: 中坚

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	strong; solid; firm strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
trad. (中堅)		中	堅
simp. (中坚)		中	坚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-kian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjian
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-chien¹
  - Yale: jūng-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjian
  - Palladius: чжунцзянь (čžunczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中堅 / 中坚
    中間 / 中间
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ gin¹
  - Yale: jūng gīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ gin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kian
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-kian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongkiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: trjuwng ken

Rime
Character	中	堅
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	陟弓切	古賢切
Baxter	trjuwng	ken
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/ken/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/ken/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/kɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/kɛn/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/ken/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/kien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/kien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung¹	gin¹

Noun

中堅

main force; main body of troops
- 光武乃與敢死者三千人，從城西水上衝其中堅。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  光武乃与敢死者三千人，从城西水上冲其中坚。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  Guāngwǔ nǎi yǔ gǎnsǐ zhě sān qiān rén, cóng chéng xī shuǐshàng chōng qí zhōngjiān. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
backbone; core; key figure
(Hong Kong, soccer) centre-back

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	堅
ちゅう Grade: 1	けん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうけん [chùúkéń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

中(ちゅう)堅(けん) • (chūken)

main force, main body of troops
backbone, core, key figure
- 1948, 豊島与志雄, 小さき花にも:
  いったいこれが、新時代(しんじだい)の苦悩(くのう)の代弁者(だいべんしゃ)と目(め)される中堅(ちゅうけん)作家(さっか)の、本当(ほんとう)の姿(すがた)なのであろうか。
  Ittai kore ga, shinjidai no kunō no daibensha to mesareru chūken sakka no, hontō no sugata na no de arō ka.
  Could this person presenting himself before me actually be the central literary figure serving as the mouthpiece of the anguish of our new age?
(baseball) center field

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	堅

Noun

中堅 • (junggyeon) (hangeul 중견)

hanja form^? of 중견 (“backbone, nucleus”)