折中
Chinese
tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick) |
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | ||
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| simp. and trad. (折中) |
折 | 中 | |
| alternative forms | 折衷 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhézhōng
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhéjhong
- Wade–Giles: chê2-chung1
- Yale: jé-jūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerjong
- Palladius: чжэчжун (čžɛčžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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折衷
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zit3 zung3
- Yale: jit jung
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzit8 dzung3
- Guangdong Romanization: jid3 zung3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʊŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-tiong
- Tâi-lô: tsiat-tiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciatdiofng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
折中
- to find a happy medium; to compromise
- (literary, chiefly obsolete) to judge; to make judgment based on a standard
- 自天子王侯，中國言六藝者折中於夫子，可謂至聖矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Zì tiānzǐ wánghóu, Zhōngguó yán liùyì zhě zhézhōng yú Fūzǐ, kěwèi zhì shèng yǐ. [Pinyin]
- Everyone within the Zhongguo, — monarchs and noble princes none the less — as long as they speak of the Six Arts, is judged against the paragon of Confucius, who is worthy of the epithet "the Pinnacle of Wisdom".
自天子王侯，中国言六艺者折中于夫子，可谓至圣矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Synonyms
- (to find a happy medium):