中尉

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	milit. official; to quiet
trad. (中尉)		中	尉
simp. #(中尉)		中	尉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ wai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-ùi / tiong-ùiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongwèi
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: jūng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongwey
    • Palladius: чжунвэй (čžunvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 中位 中尉 中衛／中卫

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ wai³
    • Yale: jūng wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diong'uix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ui¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-ùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-uìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diong'vuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² uĩ²¹/

Noun

中尉

1. (military) first lieutenant

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	尉
ちゅう Grade: 1	い Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

中 (“mid-”) +‎ 尉, likely modeled after 中将 (chūjō, “lieutenant general”). See 尉官 (ikan, “junior officer”) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうい [chúꜜùì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːi]

• • Homophones: 中位, 注意, 誅夷

Noun

中(ちゅう)尉(い) • (chūi) ^{←ちゆうゐ (tyuuwi)?}

1. (military) a first lieutenant

   Hypernym: 尉官

   Coordinate terms: 准尉, 少尉, 大尉 (“army captain; naval lieutenant”), 中佐, 中将

2. (military) a lieutenant junior grade

   Hypernym: 尉官

   Coordinate terms: 准尉, 少尉 (“second lieutenant; ensign”), 大尉 (“army captain; naval lieutenant”), 中佐, 中将

3. (military) a sub-lieutenant

   Hypernym: 尉官

   Coordinate terms: 准尉, 少尉, 大尉, 中佐, 中将

4. (military) a flying officer

   Hypernym: 尉官

   Coordinate terms: 准尉, 少尉, 大尉, 中佐, 中将

5. (military, of the Imperial Japanese Navy) a sub-lieutenant first class (equivalent to sub-lieutenant or lieutenant junior grade)

   Hypernym: 尉官

   Coordinate terms: 准尉, 少尉, 大尉, 中佐, 中将

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	尉

Noun

中尉 • (jung'wi) (hangeul 중위)

1. hanja form^? of 중위 (“first lieutenant”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
中	尉

Noun

中尉

1. chữ Hán form of trung uý (“first lieutenant”).