東莞

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See also: 东莞

Chinese

		east	(district); smile; tabernaemontanus bulrush (district); smile; tabernaemontanus bulrush; surname
trad. (東莞)		東	莞
simp. (东莞)		东	莞

Wikipedia has articles on:

東莞 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
東莞 (Cantonese)
東莞 (Classical)
Tûng-kón-sṳ (Hakka)
Tong-koán (Southern Min)
东莞市 (Wu)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dōngguǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dung¹ gun²

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): dung¹ gun²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): uung¹ gon²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Tang-koán / Tong-koán

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ guang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngguǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dongguǎn
  - Wade–Giles: Tung¹-kuan³
  - Yale: Dūng-gwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Donggoan
  - Palladius: Дунгуань (Dunguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ gun²
  - Yale: dūng gún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ gun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ gun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: dung¹ gun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²¹³ kun³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: uung¹ gon²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵŋ³³ kᵘɔn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-koán
  - Tâi-lô: Tang-kuán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dangkoarn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ kuan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tong-koán
  - Tâi-lô: Tong-kuán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongkoarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang¹ guang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang kuáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ kuaŋ⁵²/

Proper noun

東莞

(～市) Dongguan (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)
(～郡) (historical) Dongguan Commandery (an ancient commandery in modern Shandong, China)
(～鎮) Dongguan (a town in Ju County, Rizhao, Shandong, China)

Derived terms

東莞話／东莞话 (Dōngguǎnhuà)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (東莞):

→ Japanese: 東莞(とうかん) (Tōkan)
→ Vietnamese: Đông Hoản (東莞)

Others:

→ English: Dongguan, Tungkuan, Tung-kuan
→ Zhuang: Dunghgvanj

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	莞
とう Grade: 2	かん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Proper noun

東(とう)莞(かん) • (Tōkan)

Dongguan (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, in southeastern China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
東	莞

Proper noun

東莞

chữ Hán form of Đông Hoản (“Dongguan”).

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