田中
Chinese
| field; farm | middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (田中) |
田 | 中 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 田中 (Tanaka).
- "Tianzhong Township"
- Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 田中 (Tanaka), from Hokkien 田中央 (Chhân-tiong-ng).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Tiánzhōng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Tiánjhong
- Wade–Giles: Tʻien2-chung1
- Yale: Tyán-jūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tyanjong
- Palladius: Тяньчжун (Tjanʹčžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin4 zung1
- Yale: tìhn jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin4 dzung1
- Guangdong Romanization: tin4 zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiân-tiong
- Tâi-lô: Tiân-tiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: diendiofng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
田中
- (～鎮) Tianzhong (an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan)
- an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 田中, Tanaka
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 田 | 中 |
| た Grade: 1 |
なか Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
田 (ta, “paddy”) + 中 (naka, “center”), literally, “center of the paddy”.
Proper noun
田中 • (Tanaka)
Descendants
- → Chinese: 田中 (Tiánzhōng)
- → English: Tanaka
- → Tagalog: Tanaka
- ⇒ Translingual: Tanakaella