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中用

中用

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to use
simp. and trad. (中用)		中	用

Adjective

中用

useful; of use (usually used in the negative)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhōngyòng, zhòngyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄩㄥˋ, ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jung⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tiòng-iōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄩㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongyonq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ i̯ʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: zhòngyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqyonq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    中用
    重用
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ jung⁶
  - Yale: jūng yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiòng-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: tiòng-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diorng'iong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ iɔŋ²²/