中樞

See also: 中枢

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	hinge; pivot
trad. (中樞)		中	樞
simp. (中枢)		中	枢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngshū

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ syu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-su / tiong-khi / tiong-chhu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongshu
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-shu¹
  - Yale: jūng-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshu
  - Palladius: чжуншу (čžunšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中書 / 中书
    中樞 / 中枢
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ syu¹
  - Yale: jūng syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-su
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-khi
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-khi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongqy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chhu
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-tshu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongzhw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/

Noun

中樞

centre; pivot; control centre; backbone; hub
(figuratively) the central government

Synonyms

(the central government): 中央 (zhōngyāng)

Derived terms

中樞機關 / 中枢机关
中樞神經 / 中枢神经 (zhōngshū shénjīng)
呼吸調節中樞 / 呼吸调节中枢
神經中樞 / 神经中枢
聽覺中樞 / 听觉中枢
腦中樞 / 脑中枢

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 中樞 – see the following entry.

【中枢ちゅうすう】

[noun] center (central location)

[noun] hub, mainstay (important part)

(This term, 中樞, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)