仲 (zung6 | zhong4) : in the middle; between two things

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仲

zung6

zhong4

[1] in the middle; between two entities [2] second (in order of birth) [3] brothers [4] a Chinese family name

仲 is sometimes used as a phonetic substitute for 重 (meaning "still; more") when there is unawareness that the literary pronunciation [zung6] of 重 can equally be used in everyday speech.

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

仲

This word has been viewed 12746 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Aug 2009 00:19

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仲係 zung6 hai6 zhong6 xi4 = 1. still; nevertheless 2. always [also 重係] 粵

仲好 zung6 hou2 zhong4 hao3 = it would be even better [also 重好] 粵

仲裁 zung6 coi4 zhong4 cai2 = to arbitrate; arbitration

提交仲裁 tai4 gaau1 zung6 coi4 ti2 jiao1 zhong4 cai2 = submission for arbitration

杜仲 dou6 zung6 = eucommia bark

伯仲叔季 baak3 zung6 suk1 gwai3 bo2 zhong4 shu1 ji4 = eldest; second; third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers

不相伯仲 bat1 soeng1 baak3 zung6 = similar capacity; on a par with 國

魯仲連 lou5 zung6 lin4 = to mediate in a dispute; Lu Zhonglian 粵

見過鬼仲唔怕黑 gin3 gwo3 gwai2 zung6 m4 paa3 hak1 = learn a good lesson, so won't do the same mistake again 粵

仲夏 zung6 haa6 zhong4 xia4 = midsummer, the second month of summer
See all 20 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 9 examples containing 仲

你仲開心過我粵
You're even happier than me.
[Lit. You even happy surpass me.]

仲有冇其他問題？粵
Any further questions?
[Lit. still have-don't-have other questions?]

我最鐘意嘅台灣歌手就係盧廣仲粵
My favourite Taiwanese singer is Crowd Lu.

其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot!
[呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]

呢杯水你仲愛唔愛？粵
Do you still want this glass of water?
[Note that the final syllable can be changed to something resembling tone 2 to form a question.]

你條女發嬲啦，仲唔快啲箍煲粵
Your girl is throwing tantrums. Quickly go appease her.

佢噉嘅三板斧仲敢喺一哥面前自吹自擂? 粵
He is not capable but yet has the audacity to blow his trumpet before the master?

佢仲同我呻(san3)咗幾句粵
He even lamented to me about the matter

我仲有樣好重要嘅嘢要問清楚你粵
I still have something important and in need of clarification to ask you.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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