# 國中
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guózhōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok$^3$ zung$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koet-chûng / ket-chûng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok-tiong
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guózhōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guójhong
*** Wade–Giles: kuo$^2$-chung$^1$
*** Yale: gwó-jūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwojong
*** Palladius: гочжун (gočžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwok$^3$ zung$^1$
*** Yale: gwok jūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwok$^8$ dzung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guog$^3$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koet-chûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: gued$^ˋ$ zung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gued$^5$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯et̚² t͡suŋ²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koet-chûng / ket-chûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: gued$^ˋ$ zung$^ˊ$ / ged$^ˋ$ zung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gued$^5$ zung$^1$ / ged$^5$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯et̚² t͡suŋ²⁴/, /ket̚² t͡suŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-tiong
*** Tâi-lô: kok-tiong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kokdiofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kwok trjuwng
Rime :
| Character | 國 | 中 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 德 (132) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 古或切 | 陟弓切 |
| Baxter | kwok | trjuwng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kwək̚/ | /ʈɨuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷək̚/ | /ʈiuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuək̚/ | /ȶiuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwək̚/ | /ʈuwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kuək̚/ | /ȶiuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kuək̚/ | /ȶĭuŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kwək̚/ | /ȶi̯uŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guo | zhōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwak$^1$ | zung$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.q]ʷˤək truŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯːɡ tuŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 國 | 中 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guó | zhōng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwok › | ‹ trjuwng › |
| Old Chinese | /*[C.q]ʷˁək/ | /*truŋ/ |
| English | state (n.) | 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 | 國 | 中 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 5547 | 17407 |
| Phonetic component | 或 | 中 |
| Rime group | 職 | 終 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 國 | 中 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷɯːɡ/ | /*tuŋ/ |

### Noun

國中
* (archaic) central part of a country (historically, commonly known as the capital city or the main region, where an emperor or other ruler resides)
    Synonym: 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó) (archaic)
* (archaic) in the country; within one's country; back home
* (Taiwan) Short for 國民中學／国民中学 (guómín zhōngxué, “junior high school; middle school; intermediate school”).
    Synonym: 初中 (chūzhōng)
* (Malaysia) national secondary school: a type of secondary school where Malay is the medium of instruction
    Antonym: 華中／华中 (huázhōng)

### Adjective

國中
* (archaic) domestic; civil; internal (to a country)