中ちゅう夭ようちゅうようじ字FuriganaMeanings1noundying young; premature deathFormal, literary term for dying at a young age. In everyday speech, 若死に (わかじに) is more common.彼かれは中ちゅう夭ようの悲ひ劇げきに見み舞まわれた。He met the tragedy of dying young.