初中

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (初中)		初	中

Short for 初級中學／初级中学 (chūjí zhōngxué).

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ zung¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ci¹ zung¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-tiong / chhe-tiong

(Teochew, Peng'im): co¹ dong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chujhong
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chung¹
  - Yale: chū-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chujong
  - Palladius: чучжун (čučžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co¹ zung¹
  - Yale: chō jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: co¹ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ci¹ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴ t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: tshoo-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zho'diofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ tiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: tshe-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'diofng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: co¹ dong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsho tong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo³³⁻²³ toŋ³³/

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