# 中人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōngrén
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^1$ jan$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-ngìn
* Eastern Min (BUC): dṳ̆ng-ìng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-lâng / tiong-lîn / tiong-jîn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dong$^1$ nang$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$tson-gnin$_6$ / $^1$tson-gnin$_2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhongrén
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: jūng-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongren
*** Palladius: чжунжэнь (čžunžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: jūng yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-ngìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˊ$ ngin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^1$ ngin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-ìng
*** Sinological IPA : /tyŋ⁵⁵ $^{(Ø-)}$ŋiŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: tiong-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dionglaang
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-lîn
*** Tâi-lô: tiong-lîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diongliin
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ lin²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-jîn
*** Tâi-lô: tiong-jîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diongjiin
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dong$^1$ nang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong nâng
*** Sinological IPA : /toŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tson-gnin$_6$
*** MiniDict: tson$^平$ nyin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tson-nyin$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tson-gnin$_2$
*** MiniDict: tson$^平$ nyin$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡soŋ⁴⁴ n̠ʲin/
* Middle Chinese: trjuwng nyin
Rime :
| Character | 中 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 陟弓切 | 如鄰切 |
| Baxter | trjuwng | nyin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈɨuŋ/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈiuŋ/ | /ȵin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiuŋ/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈuwŋ/ | /ȵin/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶiuŋ/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭuŋ/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯uŋ/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhōng | rén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zung$^1$ | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ ni[ŋ]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ njin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 中 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhōng | rén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trjuwng › | ‹ nyin › |
| Old Chinese | /*truŋ/ | /*ni[ŋ]/ |
| English | center | (other) person |
| 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 | 中 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17407 | 10800 |
| Phonetic component | 中 | 人 |
| Rime group | 終 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 中 | 仁 |
| Old Chinese | /*tuŋ/ | /*njin/ |

### Noun

中人
* middleman; go-between; intermediary; mediator
* (literary) person of average ability; average person
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zǐyuē: “Zhōngrén yǐshàng, kěyǐ yù shàng yě; zhōngrén yǐxià, bùkěyǐ yù shàng yě.” [Pinyin]
    The Master said, "To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced."
    From: late 1st century BCE, Jia Yi (賈誼), On the Crimes of Qin (《過秦論》)
    Cái néng bùjí zhōngrén, fēi yǒu Zhòngní, Mò Dí zhī xián, Táo Zhū, Yī Dùn zhī fù. [Pinyin]
    [His] talent and skills were not above those of the average person. He had neither the wisdom paralleling Confucius or Mozi, nor the resources of a Master Tao Zhu or a Yi Dun.

#### Synonyms

* (middleman):
* 中介 (zhōngjiè) (chiefly mainland China)
* 中間人／中间人 (zhōngjiānrén)
* 九八人 (Hokkien, dated)
* 代理人 (dàilǐrén)
* 仲介 (zhòngjiè) (chiefly Taiwan)
* 伢子 (yázi) (Northeastern Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jin)
* 市儈／市侩 (shìkuài) (archaic)
* 拍空仔 (Singapore Hokkien)
* 掮客 (qiánkè)
* 牙人 (yárén) (archaic)
* 牙儈／牙侩 (yákuài) (archaic)
* 牙子 (yázi) (archaic)
* 牙郎 (yáláng) (archaic)
* 牽仔／牵仔 (Hokkien)
* 當中人／当中人 ($^5$taon-tson-gnin) (Wu)
* 經紀／经纪 (jīngjì)
* 經紀人／经纪人 (jīngjìrén)
* 說合人／说合人 (sueh$^{4-3}$ hah$^5$ reng$^1$) (Jin)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 中人(ちゅうにん) (chūnin)
* → Korean: 중인(中人) (jung'in)
* → Vietnamese: trung nhân (中人)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 中 | 人 |
| ちゅう Grade: 1 | にん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちゅうにん [chùúníń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [t͡ɕɨːɲ̟ĩɴ]

### Noun

中(ちゅう)人(にん) • (chūnin)
* an age category for differentiating entrance fees, for ages higher than 小人 and lower than 大人.
* go-between, mediator

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 中 | 人 |

### Noun

中人 • (jung'in) (hangeul 중인)
* hanja form of 중인