中二

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Chinese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

		secondary school	two
simp. and trad. (中二)		中	二

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōng'èr

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄦˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ji⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng'èr
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄦˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhong-èr
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-êrh⁴
  - Yale: jūng-èr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongell
  - Palladius: чжунъэр (čžunʺer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ji⁶
  - Yale: jūng yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː²²/

Noun[edit]

中二

(Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) second year in secondary school; secondary 2; form 2

Synonyms[edit]

(Mainland China) 初二 (chū'èr)
(Taiwan) 國二／国二 (guó'èr)

Etymology 2[edit]

		middle school	two
simp. and trad. (中二)		中	二

Back-formation from 中二病 (zhōng'èrbìng).

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōng'èr

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄦˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ji⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng'èr
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄦˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhong-èr
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-êrh⁴
  - Yale: jūng-èr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongell
  - Palladius: чжунъэр (čžunʺer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ji⁶
  - Yale: jūng yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː²²/

Adjective[edit]

中二

(neologism, of teenagers, chiefly attributive) sophomoric, edgy and rebellious

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