중천 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Sino-Korean word from 中天.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuŋt͡ɕʰʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [중천]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jungcheon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jungcheon
McCune–Reischauer?	chungch'ŏn
Yale Romanization?	cwungchen

중천 • (jungcheon) (hanja 中天)

1. midheaven; middle of the sky

Sino-Korean word from 重泉.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕu(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [중(ː)천]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jungcheon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jungcheon
McCune–Reischauer?	chungch'ŏn
Yale Romanization?	cwūngchen

중천 • (jungcheon) (hanja 重泉)

1. (rare) a very deep spring of water
2. (rare) a very distant land
3. (rare) the afterlife