中耳

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	ear
trad. (中耳)		中	耳
simp. ^#(中耳)		中	耳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōng'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng'ěr
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhong-ěr
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-êrh³
  - Yale: jūng-ěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongeel
  - Palladius: чжунъэр (čžunʺer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ji⁵
  - Yale: jūng yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

Noun

中耳

(anatomy) middle ear

Derived terms

中耳炎 (zhōng'ěryán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中耳):

→ Japanese: 中(ちゅう)耳(じ) (chūji)
→ Korean: 중이(中耳) (jung'i)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	耳
ちゅう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうじ [chúꜜùjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ちゅうじ [chùújí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːʑi]

Noun

中(ちゅう)耳(じ) • (chūji) ^{←ちゆうじ (tyuuzi)^?}

(anatomy) middle ear - (the cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.)
Coordinate terms: 内耳 (naiji), 外耳 (gaiji)

Derived terms

中(ちゅう)耳(じ)炎(えん) (chūjien, “inflammation of the middle ear”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	耳

Noun

中耳 • (jung'i) (hangeul 중이)

hanja form^? of 중이