中沙

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (中沙)		中	沙

Etymology

From their position midway between other shoals.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōngshā

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ saa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongsha
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-sha¹
  - Yale: Jūng-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongsha
  - Palladius: Чжунша (Čžunša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ saa¹
  - Yale: jūng sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

中沙

Zhongsha, Chungsha (a collection of areas in the South China Sea, including Macclesfield Bank, Scarborough Shoal and other areas claimed by China (PRC) and Taiwan (ROC); some of these areas are waters claimed by the Philippines)
Zhongsha, part of Jiuduansha in Shanghai, China

Hypernyms

(South China Sea island): 中沙群島／中沙群岛 (Zhōngshā Qúndǎo)
(Yangtze island): 九段沙 (Jiǔduànshā)

Coordinate terms

東沙／东沙 (Dōngshā)
南沙 (Nánshā)
西沙 (Xīshā)

Descendants

→ English: Chungsha, Chung-sha, Jhongsha, Zhongsha

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