I don't know whether I read 中 as なか or ちゅう in the sentence below:
昨日寝る中で電話がありました。
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I would read it as なか. You read 「plain form of a verb + 中」 as 「～～する + なか」, e.g. 「雨が降る[中]{なか}」 cf: 「勉強[中]{ちゅう}」
By the way, 昨日寝る中で電話がありました。 doesn't sound natural. You could say [就寝中]{しゅうしんちゅう}に, 寝ているときに or 寝ている[間]{あいだ}に to mean "while sleeping". Where did you see the sentence? Can you provide the context?
answered Nov 21, 2016 at 0:12
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I found this sentence when I was searching about the difference between 間 and 中. There's no context. Anyway, thank you for your answer, it was very helpful and I understand it better now.– Dav7nCommented Nov 21, 2016 at 0:24
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Or again 寝ながら, although ~ながら seems more appropriate when actually doing an action, like 食べながら or 歩きながら (though 寝る is grammatically an action rather than a state). Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 5:03
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1Definitely not ちゅう, unless ねるちゅう is a new Pokémon I'm not aware of ;-) Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 9:03
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1「～ながら」は"while doing~~"の意味で使いますけど、「寝ながら電話がありました」とは言いませんね。– chocolate ♦Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 14:22
Since it is an individual word, it should be pronounced as なか.
じゅう(or ちゅう) is used only when 中 is an affix (attached to a noun).
