# 域中
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yùzhōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yùzhōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yùjhong
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$-chung$^1$
*** Yale: yù-jūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhjong
*** Palladius: юйчжун (jujčžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: hwik trjuwng
Rime :
| Character | 域 | 中 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (135) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 雨逼切 | 陟弓切 |
| Baxter | hwik | trjuwng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwɨk̚/ | /ʈɨuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨk̚/ | /ʈiuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuek̚/ | /ȶiuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwik̚/ | /ʈuwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuək̚/ | /ȶiuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwək̚/ | /ȶĭuŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯wək̚/ | /ȶi̯uŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yù | zhōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wik$^6$ | zung$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷrək truŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷrɯɡ tuŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 域 | 中 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yù | zhōng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwik › | ‹ trjuwng › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷrək/ | /*truŋ/ |
| English | territory | 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 | 域 | 中 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 5554 | 17407 |
| Phonetic component | 或 | 中 |
| Rime group | 職 | 終 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 域 | 中 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷrɯɡ/ | /*tuŋ/ |

### Noun

域中
* (literary) world; universe
    From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
    Yùzhōng yǒu sìdà, ér rén jū qí yī yān. [Pinyin]
    The universe has four great ones, and Man is one of them.
* (literary, figurative) China; country
    From: 7th century, 駱賓王 Luo Binwang, 《代徐敬業討武氏檄》Exhortation against Wu on behalf of Xu Jingye.
    Qǐngkàn jīnrì zhī yùzhōng, jìngshì shéijiā zhī tiānxià? [Pinyin]
    Please look at our country now, whose house does our nation end up belonging to?

#### Synonyms

* (world):
* 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 世界 (shìjiè)
* 區宇／区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
* 四國／四国 (sìguó) (literary)
* 四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
* 天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
* 天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
* 宇內／宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)
* 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)
* (China):
* 中 (abbreviation)
* 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
* 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)
* 中華／中华 (Zhōnghuá)
* 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
* 唐山 (Tángshān)
* 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
* 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
* 契弟 (qìdì) (Internet slang, derogatory)
* 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
* 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
* 猜拿 (Cāiná) (transliteration of English China)
* 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
* 種花家／种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
* 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
* 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
* 華／华 (abbreviation)
* 華夏／华夏 (Huáxià)
* 諸夏／诸夏 (Zhūxià)
* 諸華／诸华 (Zhūhuá)
* 赤縣／赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
* 赤縣神州／赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
* 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)