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中子

中子

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (中子)		中	子

Noun

中子

neutron
(archaic) middle son

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhōngzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): tiong-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: zung¹ zi²
  - Yale: jūng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    宗旨
    中指
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/