# 中和
## Chinese

* 中和 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 中和區 (Classical)
* 中和區 (Cantonese)
* Chûng-fò-khî (Hakka)
* Tiong-hô (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōnghé
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^1$ wo$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-fò
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-hô / tiong-hô͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōnghé
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhonghé
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$-ho$^2$
*** Yale: jūng-hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongher
*** Palladius: чжунхэ (čžunxɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ wo$^4$
*** Yale: jūng wòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ wo$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ wo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ wɔː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-fò
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˊ$ fo$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^1$ fo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ fo¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-hô
*** Tâi-lô: tiong-hô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dionghooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ho²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-hô͘
*** Tâi-lô: tiong-hôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dionghoo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ hɔ²⁴/

### Verb

中和
* (chemistry) to neutralize
    中和反應／中和反应 ― zhōnghé fǎnyìng ― neutralization
* to find a happy medium; to compromise

#### Synonyms

* (to find a happy medium):
* 折中 (zhézhōng)
* 斡旋 (wòxuán)
* 調停／调停 (tiáotíng)
* 調和／调和 (tiáohé)
* 調解／调解 (tiáojiě)

#### Derived terms

* 中和化
* 碳中和 (tànzhōnghé)

### Adjective

中和
* (literary) just; impartial; fair

#### Synonyms

* 不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
* 中正 (zhōngzhèng) (literary)
* 允 (literary, or in compounds)
* 公允 (gōngyǔn)
* 公平 (gōngpíng)
* 公正 (gōngzhèng)
* 公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
* 公道 (gōngdao)
* 大正 (literary)
* 平允 (píngyǔn)
* 平正 (píngzhèng)
* 持平 (chípíng)
* 掠平 (Hokkien)

#### Antonyms

* 不平 (bùpíng)
* 偏曲 (piānqū) (literary)
* 偏頗／偏颇 (literary)

### Proper noun

中和
* (～區, formerly ～鄉, ～市) Zhonghe (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)
* (～街道) Zhonghe Subdistrict (a subdistrict of Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
* (～鎮) Zhonghe Town (name of several towns in China)
* (～鎮) Zhonghe (a town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)
* (～鎮) Zhonghe (a town in Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China)
* (～里) An urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei, Taiwan
* (～村) Jhonghe, Zhonghe (a rural village in Cimei, Penghu County, Taiwan)
* (historical) era name (881–885)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 中 | 和 |
| ちゅう Grade: 1 | わ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちゅうわ [chùúwá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [t͡ɕɨːβ̞a̠]

### Noun

中(ちゅう)和(わ) • (chūwa)
* (chemistry) neutralization
* China and Japan; Sino-Japanese

### Verb

中(ちゅう)和(わ)する • (chūwa suru) suru (stem 中(ちゅう)和(わ)し (chūwa shi), past 中(ちゅう)和(わ)した (chūwa shita))
* (chemistry) to neutralize

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 中和し | ちゅうわし | chūwa shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 中和し | ちゅうわし | chūwa shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 中和する | ちゅうわする | chūwa suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 中和する | ちゅうわする | chūwa suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 中和すれ | ちゅうわすれ | chūwa sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 中和せよ¹ 中和しろ² | ちゅうわせよ¹ ちゅうわしろ² | chūwa seyo¹ chūwa shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 中和される | ちゅうわされる | chūwa sareru |
| Causative | 中和させる 中和さす | ちゅうわさせる ちゅうわさす | chūwa saseru chūwa sasu |
| Potential | 中和できる | ちゅうわできる | chūwa dekiru |
| Volitional | 中和しよう | ちゅうわしよう | chūwa shiyō |
| Negative | 中和しない | ちゅうわしない | chūwa shinai |
| Negative continuative | 中和せず | ちゅうわせず | chūwa sezu |
| Formal | 中和します | ちゅうわします | chūwa shimasu |
| Perfective | 中和した | ちゅうわした | chūwa shita |
| Conjunctive | 中和して | ちゅうわして | chūwa shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 中和すれば | ちゅうわすれば | chūwa sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN