丹東
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See also: 丹东
Chinese
red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar |
east | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (丹東) | 丹 | 東 | |
| simp. (丹东) | 丹 | 东 | |
Etymology
Renamed 丹東 (literally "red east") from the similarly pronounced 安東／安东 (Āndōng, literally “to pacify the east”) in 1965 because it was considered “not friendly” to North Korea, which is on the east of China.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Dāndōng
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dandong
- Wade–Giles: Tan1-tung1
- Yale: Dān-dūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dandong
- Palladius: Даньдун (Danʹdun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tän⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daan1 dung1
- Yale: dāan dūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: daan1 dung1
- Guangdong Romanization: dan1 dung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːn⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
丹東
- (～市) Dandong (a prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China)
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- ^ “丹东简史”, in 丹东之窗, 15 March 2015 (last accessed), archived from the original on 14 March 2009
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 丹 | 東 |
| たん Grade: S |
とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Proper noun
- Dandong (a prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 丹 | 東 |