# 其中
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qízhōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$ zung$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-chûng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kî-tiong / kî-tng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ki$^5$ dong$^1$ / ki$^5$ dang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qízhōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cíjhong
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$-chung$^1$
*** Yale: chí-jūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyijong
*** Palladius: цичжун (cičžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$其中 期中
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^4$ zung$^1$
*** Yale: kèih jūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^4$ dzung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^4$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-chûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki$^ˇ$ zung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ki$^2$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tiong
*** Tâi-lô: kî-tiong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ki'diofng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tng
*** Tâi-lô: kî-tng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ki'dngf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ki$^5$ dong$^1$ / ki$^5$ dang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî tong / khî tang
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³³/, /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: gi trjuwng
Rime :
| Character | 其 | 中 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 渠之切 | 陟弓切 |
| Baxter | gi | trjuwng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨ/ | /ʈɨuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨ/ | /ʈiuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡie/ | /ȶiuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨ/ | /ʈuwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiə/ | /ȶiuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭə/ | /ȶĭuŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi/ | /ȶi̯uŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí | zhōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ | zung$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɡə truŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ tuŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 其 | 中 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qí | zhōng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gi › | ‹ trjuwng › |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡə/ | /*truŋ/ |
| English | (3p possessive) | center |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 其 | 中 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| No. | 9947 | 17407 |
| Phonetic component | 其 | 中 |
| Rime group | 之 | 終 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 其 | 中 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯ/ | /*tuŋ/ |

### Adverb

其中
* in; among (which, them, etc.); therein
    不知其中奧妙／不知其中奥妙 ― bùzhī qízhōng àomiào ― to be ignorant of the marvels therein
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
    Fàn shū shí, yǐn shuǐ, qū gōng ér zhěn zhī, yuè yì zài qízhōng yǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 個中／个中 (gèzhōng)
* 此中 (cǐzhōng)

#### Derived terms

* 允執其中／允执其中
* 樂在其中／乐在其中 (lèzàiqízhōng)
* 置身其中
* 金玉其外，敗絮其中／金玉其外，败絮其中 (jīnyù qíwài, bàixù qízhōng)