# 中行
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōngxíng, zhōngxìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsíng
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$-hsing$^2$
*** Yale: jūng-syíng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshyng
*** Palladius: чжунсин (čžunsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsìng
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$-hsing$^4$
*** Yale: jūng-syìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshinq
*** Palladius: чжунсин (čžunsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: trjuwng haengH
Rime :
| Character | 中 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) | 庚 (109) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 陟弓切 | 下更切 |
| Baxter | trjuwng | haengH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈɨuŋ/ | /ɦˠæŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈiuŋ/ | /ɦᵚaŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiuŋ/ | /ɣaŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈuwŋ/ | /ɦaɨjŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶiuŋ/ | /ɣɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭuŋ/ | /ɣɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶi̯uŋ/ | /ɣɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhōng | hèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zung$^1$ | hang$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ [ɡ]ˤraŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ ɡraːŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 中 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhōng | xíng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trjuwng › | ‹ hæng$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*truŋ/ | /*[ɡ]ˁraŋ-s/ |
| English | center | action |
| 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 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 4/4 |
| No. | 17407 | 13876 |
| Phonetic component | 中 | 行 |
| Rime group | 終 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 中 | 行 |
| Old Chinese | /*tuŋ/ | /*ɡraːŋs/ |

#### Noun

中行
* (literary) middle way; proper action; appropriate conduct
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zǐ yuē: “Bùdé zhōngxíng ér yǔ zhī, bì yě kuángjuàn hū!” [Pinyin]
    The Master said, "Since I cannot get men pursuing the due medium, to whom I might communicate my instructions, I must find the ardent and the cautiously-decided."

### Etymology 2

Originally, a 氏 (shì, “hereditary clan; house”) created in the state of Jin (晉), taking the name from the "Central Column" — 中 (zhōng)行 (háng) — of the Jin armies.
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Jìnhóu zuò sān háng yǐ yù Dí, Xún Línfǔ jiàng zhōng háng, Tú Jī jiàng yòu háng, Xiān Miè jiàng zuǒ háng. [Pinyin]
    The Marquis of Jin established the Three Columns in order to defend against the Di. Xun Linfu, Tu Ji, and Xian Mie commanded the Central, Right, and Left columns respectively.
According to Kong Yingda's annotations to the Zuozhuan, the Middle Chinese fanqie of 行 in this context was 戶郎反 (reconstructed: /*ɦɑŋ/, /*ɣɑŋ/ > Mandarin háng).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Zhōngháng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄤˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngháng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongháng
*** Wade–Giles: Chung$^1$-hang$^2$
*** Yale: Jūng-háng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongharng
*** Palladius: Чжунхан (Čžunxan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ [ɡ]ˤaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ ɡaːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 中 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhōng | háng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trjuwng › | ‹ hang › |
| Old Chinese | /*truŋ/ | /*[ɡ]ˁaŋ/ |
| English | center | rank, row |
| 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 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/4 |
| No. | 17407 | 13864 |
| Phonetic component | 中 | 行 |
| Rime group | 終 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 中 | 航 |
| Old Chinese | /*tuŋ/ | /*ɡaːŋ/ |

#### Proper noun

中行
* Zhonghang (a historical surname)
    中行桓子 ― Zhōngháng Huánzǐ ― Lord Huan of Zhonghang (posthumous appellation of Xun/Zhonghang Linfu, fl. c. 7th century BCE)
    中行說／中行说 ― Zhōngháng Yuè ― Zhonghang Yue (fl. c. 2nd century BCE)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Zhōngháng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄤˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngháng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongháng
*** Wade–Giles: Chung$^1$-hang$^2$
*** Yale: Jūng-háng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongharng
*** Palladius: Чжунхан (Čžunxan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/

#### Proper noun

中行
* Short for 中國銀行／中国银行 (Zhōngguó Yínháng, “Bank of China”).