域中

Chinese

		field; region; area field; region; area; (taxonomy) domain	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (域中)		域	中

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùjhong
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chung¹
  - Yale: yù-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhjong
  - Palladius: юйчжун (jujčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: hwik trjuwng

Rime
Character	域	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	職 (135)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雨逼切	陟弓切
Baxter	hwik	trjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɨk̚/	/ʈɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨk̚/	/ʈiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuek̚/	/ȶiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwik̚/	/ʈuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣiuək̚/	/ȶiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwək̚/	/ȶĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wək̚/	/ȶi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wik⁶	zung¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷrək truŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷrɯɡ tuŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	域	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù	zhōng
Middle Chinese	‹ hwik ›	‹ trjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷrək/	/*truŋ/
English	territory	center
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	域	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	5554	17407
Phonetic component	或	中
Rime group	職	終
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	域	中
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷrɯɡ/	/*tuŋ/

Noun

域中

(literary) world; universe
- 域中有四大，而人居其一焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE
  Yùzhōng yǒu sìdà, ér rén jū qí yī yān. [Pinyin]
  The universe has four great ones, and Man is one of them.
(literary, figurative) China; country
- 請看今日之域中，竟是誰家之天下？ [MSC, trad.]
  请看今日之域中，竟是谁家之天下？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 7th century, 駱賓王 Luo Binwang, 《代徐敬業討武氏檄》Exhortation against Wu on behalf of Xu Jingye.
  Qǐngkàn jīnrì zhī yùzhōng, jìngshì shéijiā zhī tiānxià? [Pinyin]
  Please look at our country now, whose house does our nation end up belonging to?

Synonyms

(world):

世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
世界 (shìjiè)
區宇 / 区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
四國 / 四国 (sìguó) (literary)
四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
宇內 / 宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)
薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)

(China):

中 (abbreviation)
中原 (Zhōngyuán)
中國 / 中国 (Zhōngguó)
中華 / 中华 (Zhōnghuá)
九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
唐山 (Tángshān)
天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
種花家 / 种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
華 / 华 (abbreviation)
華夏 / 华夏 (Huáxià)
諸夏 / 诸夏 (Zhūxià)
諸華 / 诸华 (Zhūhuá)
赤縣 / 赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
赤縣神州 / 赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)