田中

More information field; farm, middle; centre; withinmiddle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) ...

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 田(た)中(なか) (Tanaka).

"Tianzhong Township": Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 田(た)中(なか) (Tanaka), from Hokkien 田中央 (Chhân-tiong-ng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiánzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴ zung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiân-tiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiánzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tiánjhong
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien²-chung¹
  - Yale: Tyán-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tyanjong
  - Palladius: Тяньчжун (Tjanʹčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin⁴ zung¹
  - Yale: tìhn jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiân-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: Tiân-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diendiofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

田中

(～鎮) Tianzhong (an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan)
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 田中, Tanaka