中沙

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (中沙)		中	沙

Etymology

From their position midway between other shoals.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōngshā

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Zhōngshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongsha
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂa̠⁵⁵/

Proper noun

中沙

Zhongsha, the Chinese name for Macclesfield Bank, a submerged feature in the South China Sea
Zhongsha, part of Jiuduansha in Shanghai

Hypernyms

(South China Sea island): 中沙群島／中沙群岛 (Zhōngshā Qúndǎo)
(Yangtze island): 九段沙 (Jiǔduànshā)

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