中西

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	west
simp. and trad. (中西)		中	西

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōng-Xī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ sai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōng-Xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongsi
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: Jūng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongshi
    • Palladius: Чжунси (Čžunsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ sai¹
    • Yale: jūng sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-se
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongsef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ se³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

Proper noun

中西

1. China and the West

   中西文化  ―  zhōngxī wénhuà  ―  Chinese and Western culture

2. (～區) Central and Western (a district of Hong Kong)
3. (～區) West Central District (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)

Derived terms

• 中西合璧 (zhōngxīhébì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	西
なか Grade: 1	にし Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Proper noun

中(なか)西(にし) • (Nakanishi) 

1. a surname