人中
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Chinese
Etymology
《南村輟耕錄》 explains the origin of the term as follows:
- 若曰人身之中半,則當在臍腹間。蓋自此而上,眼耳鼻皆雙竅;自此而下,口暨二便皆單竅。三畫陰,三畫陽,成泰卦也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- Ruò yuē rénshēn zhī zhōngbàn, zé dāng zài qí fù jiān. Gài zì cǐ ér shàng, yǎn ěr bí jiē shuāng qiào; zì cǐ ér xià, kǒu jì èrbiàn jiē dān qiào. Sān huà yīn, sān huà yáng, chéng tài guà yě. [Pinyin]
- If one refers to the middle of the body, it must be around the navel and the abdomen. For going up from here [the philtrum], the eyes, ears, and nose all have two orifices; going down from here, the mouth and the two [organs of] excretion all have single orifices. Three strokes of yin and three strokes of yang make the Peace hexagram.
若曰人身之中半,则当在脐腹间。盖自此而上,眼耳鼻皆双窍;自此而下,口暨二便皆单窍。三画阴,三画阳,成泰卦也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jan4 zung1
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'liin4 zung1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): reng1 zung1
- Northern Min (KCR): nêng-dé̤ng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-tiong / jîn-tiong
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6gnin-tson
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ren2 zhong1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: rénzhōng
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rénjhong
- Wade–Giles: jên2-chung1
- Yale: rén-jūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjong
- Palladius: жэньчжун (žɛnʹčžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ren2 zong1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rhenzung
- Sinological IPA (key): /zən²¹ t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan4 zung1
- Yale: yàhn jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan4 dzung1
- Guangdong Romanization: yen4 zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'liin4 zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈlɨn³⁵ t͡suŋ⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-chûng
- Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ zungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngin2 zung1
- Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: reng1 zung1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐəŋ¹¹ t͡suŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nêng-dé̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /neiŋ³³ tœyŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-tiong
- Tâi-lô: lîn-tiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: lindiofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-tiong
- Tâi-lô: jîn-tiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: jindiofng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
人中
Synonyms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (人中):
- → Japanese: 人中 (jinchū); 人中 (ninchū)
- → Korean: 인중(人中) (injung)
- → Vietnamese: nhân trung (人中)
Japanese
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
人中 • (hitonaka)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
人中 • (jinchū)
- in company, among people
- (anatomy, physiology) philtrum
Etymology 3
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Pronunciation
Noun
人中 • (ninchū)
- the human world
Korean
Noun
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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人 | 中 |
Noun
人中
- chữ Hán form of nhân trung (“philtrum”).
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