仲

仲 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人中 (OL) or 難人中 (XOL), four-corner 2520₆, composition ⿰亻中)

• 㑖, 㣡, 㳞, 㴢, 𠉿, 茽, 筗, 𭼌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 403
• Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 121, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4EF2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *duŋs): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”).

Derived from 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”).

仲

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) second, especially when referring to seniority of siblings. See usage notes of 伯.

   伯仲  ―  bózhòng  ―  superior and inferior, competition, comparison

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) middle

   仲夏  ―  zhòngxià  ―  midsummer

   仲裁  ―  zhòngcái  ―  arbitration

3. a surname

Probably from 重.

仲 (Cantonese)

1. still (referring to time)

   仲未得住。 [Cantonese]  ―  zung⁶ mei⁶ dak¹ zyu⁶. [Jyutping]  ―  It's still not OK.

   佢而家都仲食緊飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢而家都仲食紧饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ dou¹ zung⁶ sik⁶ gan² faan⁶. [Jyutping]

   He is still eating, even now.

2. even more

   我哋間屋仲大。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我哋间屋仲大。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ dei⁶ gaan¹ uk¹ zung⁶ daai⁶. [Jyutping]

   Our house is even bigger.

   依條褲仲貴。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   依条裤仲贵。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ji¹ tiu⁴ fu³ zung⁶ gwai³. [Jyutping]

   This pair of pants is even more expensive.

3. also; as well

   我哋尋日夜晚黑仲去埋維多利亞港添！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我哋寻日夜晚黑仲去埋维多利亚港添！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ dei⁶ cam⁴ jat⁶ je⁶ maan⁵ haak¹ zung⁶ heoi³ maai⁴ wai⁴ do¹ lei⁶ aa³ gong² tim¹! [Jyutping]

   We went to Victoria Harbor last night as well!

• 饒秉才, 歐陽覺亞, 周無忌 (2010) 廣州話方言詞典（修訂版） (in Chinese), 香港: 商務印書館, →ISBN
• “仲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “仲”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 311.

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)^{←ぢゆう (dyuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kun: なか (naka, 仲, Jōyō)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [중]

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