"中人" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /tiɔŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /tiɔŋ³³ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /toŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/, /t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/, /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵³/, /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/, /tiɔŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/, /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/, /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/, /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/, /tiɔŋ³³ lin²⁴/, /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/, /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/, /toŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/ Chinese transliterations: zhōngrén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zung¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], chûng-ngìn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], dṳ̆ng-ìng, tiong-lâng [Hokkien, POJ], tiong-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], tiong-jîn [Hokkien, POJ], dong¹ nang⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹tson-gnin, zhōngrén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jhongrén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chung¹-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jūng-rén [Mandarin, Yale], jongren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжунжэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], čžunžɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], jūng yàhn [Cantonese, Yale], dzung¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zung¹ yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], chûng-ngìn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], zung´ nginˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], zung¹ ngin² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], dṳ̆ng-ìng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], tiong-lâng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], dionglaang [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tiong-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], diongliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tiong-jîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], diongjiin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tong nâng [POJ, Teochew], ¹tson-gnin [Wu], tson^平 nyin [Wu], ¹tson-nyin [Wu], /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/ [Wu], trjuwng nyin [Middle-Chinese], /*truŋ ni[ŋ]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*tuŋ njin/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 中人
  1. middleman; go-between; intermediary; mediator Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-中人-zh-noun-UA74~S2L Disambiguation of People: 98 2
  2. person of average ability; average person
    Sense id: en-中人-zh-noun-VW~RNGU4 Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 中介 (zhōngjiè) [Mainland-China], 中間人 (zhōngjiānrén), 中间人 (zhōngjiānrén), 九八人 [Hokkien, dated], 代理人 (dàilǐrén), 仲介 (zhòngjiè) [Taiwan], 伢子 (yázi) (english: Lanyin Mandarin) [Jin, Mandarin, Northeastern], 市儈 (shìkuài) [archaic], 市侩 (shìkuài) [archaic], 拍空仔 [Hokkien, Singapore], 掮客 (qiánkè), 牙人 (yárén) [archaic], 牙儈 (yákuài) [archaic], 牙侩 (yákuài) [archaic], 牙子 (yázi) [archaic], 牙郎 (yáláng) [archaic], 牽仔 [Hokkien], 牵仔 [Hokkien], 當中人 [Wu], 当中人 (2taan-tson-nyin) [Wu], 經紀 (jīngjì), 经纪 (jīngjì), 經紀人 (jīngjìrén), 经纪人 (jīngjìrén), 說合人 (sueh4-3 hah5 reng1) [Jin], 说合人 (sueh4-3 hah5 reng1) [Jin]

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          "ref": "子曰:「中人以上,可以語上也;中人以下,不可以語上也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "子曰:「中人以上,可以语上也;中人以下,不可以语上也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nZǐyuē: “Zhōngrén yǐshàng, kěyǐ yù shàng yě; zhōngrén yǐxià, bùkěyǐ yù shàng yě.” [Pinyin]",
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      "zh-pron": "zhōngrén"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chûng-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "dṳ̆ng-ìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ nang⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹tson-gnin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhōngrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhongrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chung¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jūng-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jongren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжунжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžunžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jūng yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzung¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chûng-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung´ nginˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung¹ ngin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dṳ̆ng-ìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tyŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dionglaang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diongliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diongjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong nâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹tson-gnin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tson^平 nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹tson-nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡soŋ⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "trjuwng nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*truŋ ni[ŋ]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*tuŋ njin/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tiong-lîn /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tyŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡soŋ⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*tuŋ njin/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhōngjiè",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "中介"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhōngjiānrén",
      "word": "中間人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhōngjiānrén",
      "word": "中间人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "九八人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dàilǐrén",
      "word": "代理人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhòngjiè",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "仲介"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Lanyin Mandarin",
      "roman": "yázi",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Mandarin",
        "Northeastern"
      ],
      "word": "伢子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shìkuài",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "市儈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shìkuài",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "市侩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "拍空仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiánkè",
      "word": "掮客"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yárén",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yákuài",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙儈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yákuài",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙侩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yázi",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yáláng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙郎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "牽仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "牵仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "當中人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "当中人 (2taan-tson-nyin)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jīngjì",
      "word": "經紀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jīngjì",
      "word": "经纪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jīngjìrén",
      "word": "經紀人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jīngjìrén",
      "word": "经纪人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sueh4-3 hah5 reng1",
      "tags": [
        "Jin"
      ],
      "word": "說合人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sueh4-3 hah5 reng1",
      "tags": [
        "Jin"
      ],
      "word": "说合人"
    }
  ],
  "word": "中人"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:People"
  ],
  "descendants": [],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "中人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "middleman; go-between; intermediary; mediator"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "middleman",
          "middleman"
        ],
        [
          "go-between",
          "go-between"
        ],
        [
          "intermediary",
          "intermediary"
        ],
        [
          "mediator",
          "mediator"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The Master said, \"To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.\"",
          "ref": "子曰:「中人以上,可以語上也;中人以下,不可以語上也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "子曰:「中人以上,可以语上也;中人以下,不可以语上也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nZǐyuē: “Zhōngrén yǐshàng, kěyǐ yù shàng yě; zhōngrén yǐxià, bùkěyǐ yù shàng yě.” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "[His] talent and skills were not above those of the average person. He had neither the wisdom paralleling Confucius or Mozi, nor the resources of a Master Tao Zhu or a Yi Dun.",
          "ref": "材能不及中人,非有仲尼、墨翟之賢,陶朱、猗頓之富。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "材能不及中人,非有仲尼、墨翟之贤,陶朱、猗顿之富。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: late 1st century BCE, Jia Yi (賈誼), On the Crimes of Qin (《過秦論》)\nCái néng bùjí zhōngrén, fēi yǒu Zhòngní, Mò Dí zhī xián, Táo Zhū, Yī Dùn zhī fù. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person of average ability; average person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "average",
          "average"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhōngrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chûng-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "dṳ̆ng-ìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ nang⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹tson-gnin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhōngrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhongrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chung¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jūng-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jongren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжунжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžunžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jūng yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzung¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chûng-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung´ nginˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung¹ ngin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dṳ̆ng-ìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tyŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dionglaang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diongliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiong-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diongjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong nâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹tson-gnin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tson^平 nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹tson-nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡soŋ⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "trjuwng nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*truŋ ni[ŋ]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*tuŋ njin/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tiong-lîn /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tyŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡soŋ⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*tuŋ njin/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhōngjiè",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "中介"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhōngjiānrén",
      "word": "中間人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhōngjiānrén",
      "word": "中间人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "九八人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàilǐrén",
      "word": "代理人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhòngjiè",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "仲介"
    },
    {
      "english": "Lanyin Mandarin",
      "roman": "yázi",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Mandarin",
        "Northeastern"
      ],
      "word": "伢子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìkuài",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "市儈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìkuài",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "市侩"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "拍空仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánkè",
      "word": "掮客"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yárén",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yákuài",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙儈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yákuài",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙侩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yázi",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yáláng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "牙郎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "牽仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "牵仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "當中人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "当中人 (2taan-tson-nyin)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngjì",
      "word": "經紀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngjì",
      "word": "经纪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngjìrén",
      "word": "經紀人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngjìrén",
      "word": "经纪人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sueh4-3 hah5 reng1",
      "tags": [
        "Jin"
      ],
      "word": "說合人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sueh4-3 hah5 reng1",
      "tags": [
        "Jin"
      ],
      "word": "说合人"
    }
  ],
  "word": "中人"
}

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