中央

中央

1. centre (of all sides, ends, surfaces, etc.); middle (of a road)

   在球場中央／在球场中央  ―  zài qiúchǎng zhōngyāng  ―  in the centre of the field

   在馬路中央／在马路中央  ―  zài mǎlù zhōngyāng  ―  in the middle of the road

   • 溯游從之，宛在水中央。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     溯游从之，宛在水中央。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Sùyóu cóng zhī, wǎn zài shuǐ zhōngyāng. [Pinyin]

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2. central authorities

   中央廣播電視塔／中央广播电视塔  ―  zhōngyāng guǎngbō diànshìtǎ  ―  Central Radio & TV Tower

   中共中央宣傳部／中共中央宣传部  ―  zhōnggòng zhōngyāng xuānchuán bù  ―  Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China

   • 停車棗園路，記從前，人民革命，中央曾駐。 [Ci, trad.]
     停车枣园路，记从前，人民革命，中央曾驻。 [Ci, simp.]

     From: 1959 October, Chen Yi, 《棗園曲》

     Tíngchē Zǎoyuán lù, jì cóngqián, rénmín gémìng, zhōngyāng céng zhù. [Pinyin]

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3. monarch; imperial government

   妄議中央／妄议中央  ―  wàng yì zhōngyāng  ―  to make irresponsible remarks about the imperial or central government

• (centre): 當心／当心 (dāngxīn), 當中／当中 (dāngzhōng), 核心 (héxīn), 中心 (zhōngxīn), 中間／中间 (zhōngjiān); (Hokkien) 半中央, 半中站

• (central authorities): 中樞／中枢 (zhōngshū)

中央

1. (attributive) central

   中央政府的權威受到削弱。 [MSC, trad.]
   中央政府的权威受到削弱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ de quánwēi shòudào xuēruò. [Pinyin]

   The authority of the central government has been weakened.

   多民族中央集權國家 [MSC, trad.]
   多民族中央集权国家 [MSC, simp.]

   duōmínzú zhōngyāng jíquán guójiā [Pinyin]

   multiethnic, centralized state

   • 同胞們，中華人民共和國中央人民政府今天成立了！ [MSC, trad.]
     同胞们，中华人民共和国中央人民政府今天成立了！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1949 October 10, Mao Zedong

     Tóngbāomen, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Zhōngyāng Rénmín Zhèngfǔ jīntiān chénglì le! [Pinyin]

     Dear comrades! Today, I hereby declare the formal establishment of the People's Republic of China and its Central People's Government!

中央

1. (～區) Chūō (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
2. (～市) Chūō (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)

• 中間／中间 (zhōngjiān)
• 中心 (zhōngxīn)

• “Entry #13644”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

From Middle Chinese compound 中央 (MC trjuwng 'jang, “lit. centre”).

• (Tokyo) ちゅうおー [chùúóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːo̞ː]

中(ちゅう)央(おう) • (chūō) ^{←ちゆうあう (tyuuau)?}

1. center/centre, middle

   宮崎(みやざき)市(し)は、宮崎県(みやざきけん)のほぼ中(ちゅう)央(おう)にある市(し)で県庁所(けんちょうしょ)在(ざい)地(ち)、中(ちゅう)核(かく)市(し)である。

   Miyazaki-shi wa, Miyazaki-ken no hobo chūō ni aru shi de kenchō shozaichi, chūkaku shi de aru.

   Miyazaki city is roughly in the centre/center of Miyazaki prefecture, and is its main city and capital.

中(ちゅう)央(おう) • (Chūō) 

1. Chūō (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)

• 中(ちゅう)心(しん) (chūshin)

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

中央 • (jung'ang) (hangeul 중앙)

1. hanja form^? of 중앙 (“center; middle”)

中央

1. chữ Hán form of trung ương (“central”).