折衷

Chinese

		tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	inner feelings
simp. and trad. (折衷)		折	衷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhézhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ cung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-tiong

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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    折中
    折衷
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ cung¹
  - Yale: jit chūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ tsung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ cung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatdiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

折衷

alternative form of 折中 (zhézhōng, “to compromise”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
折	衷
せつ > せっ Grade: 4	ちゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

折中

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せっちゅう [sètchúú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞t̚t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

折(せっ)衷(ちゅう) • (setchū)

taking the best of two things and combining them into one; compromise

Derived terms

和洋折衷 (wayō setchū)