中原
Chinese
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
中原
- the Central Plain (area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization)
- 若以君之靈,得反晉國,晉楚治兵,遇於中原,其辟君三舍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Ruò yǐ jūn zhī líng, dé fǎn Jìn guó, Jìn Chǔ zhì bīng, yù yú zhōngyuán, qí bì jūn sān shè. [Pinyin]
- If by your lordship's powerful influence I shall recover the State of Jin, should Chu and Jin go to war and meet in the plain of the Middle Land, I will withdraw from your lordship three stages [each of 30 li].
若以君之灵,得反晋国,晋楚治兵,遇于中原,其辟君三舍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- China
- (literary) middle of a plain
- 中原有菽,庶民采之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhōngyuán yǒu shū, shùmín cǎi zhī. [Pinyin]
- In the midst of the plain there is pulse,
And the common people gather it.
- (~區) Zhongyuan (a district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China)
- (~街道) Zhongyuan (a subdistrict of Fancheng district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)
Synonyms
- 中 (abbreviation)
- 中國/中国 (Zhōngguó)
- 中華/中华 (Zhōnghuá)
- 九州 (Jiǔzhōu)
- 唐山 (Tángshān)
- 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
- 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)
- 猜拿 (transliteration of English China)
- 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)
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (中原):
- → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Korean: 중원(中原) (Jung'won)
- → Vietnamese: Trung Nguyên (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))
Others:
- → English: Central Plain, Zhongyuan
- → Zhuang: Cunghyenz
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