中原

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
simp. and trad. (中原)		中	原
Literally: “central plain”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōngyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chûng-ngièn / Chûng-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): Tiong-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Zhōngyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongyuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ y̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ jyun⁴
  - Yale: jūng yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ ngian²
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ ngian²
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-goân
  - Tâi-lô: Tiong-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dionggoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² guan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ guan²³/

Proper noun

中原

the Central Plain (area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization)
China
(～街道) Zhongyuan (a subdistrict of Fancheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

(Central Plain): 中土 (Zhōngtǔ), 中州 (Zhōngzhōu)
(China): 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)

Derived terms

中原大學／中原大学
中原板蕩／中原板荡
中原標準時間／中原标准时间

中原逐鹿
中原音韻／中原音韵
逐鹿中原

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	原
なか Grade: 1	はら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Proper noun

中原 (hiragana なかはら, rōmaji Nakahara)

A surname.

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