# 臺中
## Chinese

* 臺中 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 臺中 (Cantonese)
* 臺中市 (Classical)
* 臺中 (Gan)
* Thòi-chûng-sṳ (Hakka)
* Dài-dṳ̆ng (Eastern Min)
* Tâi-tiong (Southern Min)
* 臺中市 (Wu)

### Etymology 1

Officially, with the creation of Japanese 臺(たい)中(ちゅう)縣(けん) (Taichū-ken) in March 1896.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Táizhōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): toi$^4$ zung$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thòi-chûng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tâi-tiong
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Táizhōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Táijhong
*** Wade–Giles: Tʻai$^2$-chung$^1$
*** Yale: Tái-jūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tairjong
*** Palladius: Тайчжун (Tajčžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: toi$^4$ zung$^1$
*** Yale: tòih jūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toi$^4$ dzung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: toi$^4$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thòi-chûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: toi$^ˇ$ zung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: toi$^2$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-tiong
*** Tâi-lô: Tâi-tiong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dai'diofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

#### Proper noun

臺中
* (～市) Taichung (special municipality of Taiwan)
* (～市) (historical) Taichung City (former provincial city of Taiwan)
* (～縣) (historical) Taichung County (a former county of Taiwan)

##### Coordinate terms

* 臺東／台东 (Táidōng)
* 臺南／台南 (Táinán)
* 臺西／台西 (Táixī)
* 臺北／台北 (Táiběi)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): dài-dŏng
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dài-dŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /tai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$louŋ⁵⁵/

#### Noun

臺中
* (Eastern Min) middle; centre

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 中間 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 當間兒, 當中間兒, 中間兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 中間 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 中間, 當中, 當間兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 中間, 當中 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 中間, 中間兒, 當央兒, 當間兒, 當中 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 中間, 當中, 當間兒, 當中間兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 中間 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 當間兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 中間 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 中間兒, 當間兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 當中, 當間兒, 當巴間兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 當間兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 當間兒, 當中間兒, 中間兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 當間兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 中間兒, 當中央兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 中間, 當間兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 當間兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 中間, 當中 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 中間, 當當中兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 中間, 當中, 當央, 當央兒, 當中央兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 中間, 當中 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 中間, 當中, 當間兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 當中 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 當中, 中間 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 中間, 當中 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 當中, 中間 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 中間, 當中 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 中間, 當中 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 中間 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 中間 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 中間 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 中間 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 中間, 當中 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 中間, 當中 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 中間, 當中 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 中間, 當中 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 中間 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 中間 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 中間, 當中 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 中間 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 中間 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 棟心, 中間 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 棟心 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 中間心 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 中間 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 中間 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 中央 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 肚央 |
| Hakka | Changting | 中間 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 中腰子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 中間 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 中間 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 中間 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 中間心 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 中間 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 中間 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 中間 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 中間 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 中間 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 中間, 當中 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 中間, 當中 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 當中, 中間 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 中間兒, 當中間兒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 中間, 當中 |
| Jin | Jining | 當中 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 中間, 當中, 當中間兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 中間, 當間兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 當中, 當間 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 中央, 中央心, 當中央 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 臺中 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 臺中 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 底中 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 臺中 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 臺中 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 中爿 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 中中 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 底中 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 中間心 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 中央, 中頭 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 中央 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 中央, 中頭 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鎮中 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鎮中 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 鎮中 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鎮中 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 中央 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 當央 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 鎮中 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鎮中 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 當央 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 當央 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 當央 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 拉央, 當央 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 中央 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 當中 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 當中 |
| Wu | Danyang | 中間 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 當中, 當中央, 當中央央, 當中央亨, 中央, 中央亨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 當中, 當中心 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 中間 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 中間 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 中家 |