東洋

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See also: 东洋

Chinese

east ocean; foreign
trad. (東洋) 東 洋
simp. (东洋) 东 洋

Pronunciation

Proper noun

東洋

  1. (dated) Japan (from the Chinese perspective)
  2. (dated) the Orient; Asia; East Asia

Synonyms

  • (Japan):

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
東 洋
とう
Grade: 2 		よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

東(とう)洋(よう) • (tōyō) 

  1. the East; Asia, especially East Asia, as opposed to the West.

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
東洋

Proper noun

東洋 • (Dong-yang) (hangeul 동양)

  1. hanja form? of 동양 (“the Orient, Asia”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
東洋

Proper noun

東洋

  1. chữ Hán form of Đông Dương (“Indochina”).

Adjective

東洋

  1. chữ Hán form of Đông Dương (“Indochinese”).
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