其中

Chinese

		his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (其中)		其	中

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character	其	中
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠之切	陟弓切
Baxter	gi	trjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/	/ʈɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/	/ʈiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/	/ȶiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/	/ʈuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/	/ȶiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/	/ȶĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi/	/ȶi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4	zung1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	其	中
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí	zhōng
Middle Chinese	‹ gi ›	‹ trjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*ɡə/	/*truŋ/
English	(3p possessive)	center
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	其	中
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	9947	17407
Phonetic component	其	中
Rime group	之	終
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	其	中
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/	/*tuŋ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qízhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ zung¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-chûng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî-tiong / kî-tng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ dong¹ / ki⁵ dang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qízhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíjhong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-chung¹
    • Yale: chí-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyijong
    • Palladius: цичжун (cičžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: kèih jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ zung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'diofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tng
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'dngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki⁵ dong¹ / ki⁵ dang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî tong / khî tang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³³/, /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: gi trjuwng

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɡə  truŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ  tuŋ/

Adverb

其中

1. in; among (which, them, etc.); therein

   不知其中奧妙／不知其中奥妙  ―  bùzhī qízhōng àomiào  ―  to be ignorant of the marvels therein

   • 飯疏食，飮水，曲肱而枕之，樂亦在其中矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     饭疏食，飮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Fàn shū shí, yǐn shuǐ, qū gōng ér zhěn zhī, yuè yì zài qízhōng yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 個中／个中 (gèzhōng)
• 此中 (cǐzhōng)

 

Derived terms

• 允執其中／允执其中
• 樂在其中／乐在其中 (lèzàiqízhōng)
• 置身其中
• 金玉其外，敗絮其中／金玉其外，败絮其中 (jīnyù qíwài, bàixù qízhōng)