折中

Chinese

		tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (折中)		折	中
alternative forms		折衷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhézhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ zung³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-tiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhézhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhéjhong
  - Wade–Giles: chê²-chung¹
  - Yale: jé-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerjong
  - Palladius: чжэчжун (čžɛčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    折中
    折衷
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ zung³
  - Yale: jit jung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ dzung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ zung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʊŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatdiofng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

折中

to find a happy medium; to compromise
(literary, chiefly obsolete) to judge; to make judgment based on a standard
- 自天子王侯，中國言六藝者折中於夫子，可謂至聖矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  自天子王侯，中国言六艺者折中于夫子，可谓至圣矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Zì tiānzǐ wánghóu, Zhōngguó yán liùyì zhě zhézhōng yú Fūzǐ, kěwèi zhì shèng yǐ. [Pinyin]
  Everyone within the Zhongguo, — monarchs and noble princes none the less — as long as they speak of the Six Arts, is judged against the paragon of Confucius, who is worthy of the epithet "the Pinnacle of Wisdom".

Synonyms

(to find a happy medium):

中和 (zhōnghé)
斡旋 (wòxuán)
調停／调停 (tiáotíng)
調和／调和 (tiáohé)
調解／调解 (tiáojiě)

Derived terms

折中主義／折中主义 (zhézhōng zhǔyì)

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