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中尉

中尉

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	milit. official; to quiet
simp. and trad. (中尉)		中	尉

Noun

中尉

first lieutenant

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	尉
ちゅう Grade: 1	い Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

中尉 ‎(hiragana ちゅうい, romaji chūi)

first lieutenant

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhōngwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ wai³
Min Nan (POJ): tiong-ùi / tiong-ùiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhōngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongwey
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    中位
    中尉
    中衛／中卫
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ wai³
  - Yale: jūng wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ wai³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diong'uix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ui²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-ùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-uìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diong'vuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² uĩ²¹/