中途

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	way; route; road
trad. (中途)		中	途
simp. ^#(中途)		中	途
anagram		途中

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngtú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ tou⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiong-tô͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ tu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngtú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄊㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongtú
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-tʻu²
  - Yale: jūng-tú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtwu
  - Palladius: чжунту (čžuntu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ tou⁴
  - Yale: jūng tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-tô͘
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-tôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongdoo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ tɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dong¹ tu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong thû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ tʰu⁵⁵/

Noun

中途

midway; halfway

Derived terms

中途島 / 中途岛 (Zhōngtú Dǎo)
中途站

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中途):

→ Japanese: 中(ちゅう)途(と) (chūto)
→ Korean: 중도(中途) (jungdo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	途
ちゅう Grade: 1	と Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうと [chùútó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːto̞]

Noun

中(ちゅう)途(と) • (chūto) ^{←ちゆうと (tyuuto)^?}

halfway, midway

Derived terms

中途半端(ちゅうとはんぱ) (chūtohanpa, “unfinished, halfhearted, incompletion”)
中途採用(ちゅうとさいよう) (chūtosaiyō, “mid-career recruitment”)