東北

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See also: 东北

Chinese

east north
trad. (東北) 東 北
simp. (东北) 东 北

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 東 北
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 德紅切 博墨切
Baxter tuwng pok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tuŋ/ /pək̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tuŋ/ /pək̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tuŋ/ /pək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/təwŋ/ /pək̚/
Li
Rong 		/tuŋ/ /pək̚/
Wang
Li 		/tuŋ/ /pək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tuŋ/ /pək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dōng bo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dung1 bak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 東 北
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dōng běi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tuwng › ‹ pok ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?) /*pˁək/
English east north

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 東 北
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2435 414
Phonetic
component 		東 北
Rime
group 		東 職
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		東 北
Old
Chinese 		/*toːŋ/ /*pɯːɡ/
Notes 種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽，
參敕字陳字注

Noun

東北

  1. northeast

Coordinate terms

西北 (xīběi) 北 東北 / 东北 (dōngběi)
西 (xī) 東 / 东 (dōng)
西南 (xīnán) 南 東南 / 东南 (dōngnán)


Derived terms

Proper noun

東北

  1. (～地區) Northeast China (a region of China; consisting of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, and sometimes the northeast part of Inner Mongolia)
  2. (～大行政區, ～區) (historical) Northeast China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Liaodong, Liaoxi, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Songjiang, Rehe and Suiyuan, Shenyang, Lüda, Fushun, Anshan and Benxi)
  3. (historical) Manchuria
  4. (～地方) Tōhoku (a region of Japan)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Korean: 둥베이 (dungbei)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東 北
とう
Grade: 2 		ほく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

東(とう)北(ほく) • (tōhoku) 

  1. northeast

Coordinate terms

  • (compass points) 方角 (hōgaku);
北西 (hokusei)
西北 (seihoku) 		北 (kita) 北東 (hokutō)
東北 (tōhoku)
西 (nishi) 東 (higashi)
西南 (seinan)
南西 (nansei) 		南 (minami) 東南 (tōnan)
南東 (nantō)


Proper noun

東(とう)北(ほく) • (Tōhoku) 

  1. the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): 青森県 (​Aomori-ken), 岩手県 (​Iwate-ken), 宮城県 (​Miyagi-ken), 福島県 (​Fukushima-ken), 山形県 (​Yamagata-ken), 秋田県 (​Akita-ken).

Synonyms

See also

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
東北

Noun

東北 • (dongbuk) (hangeul 동북)

  1. hanja form? of 동북 (“northeast”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
東北

Noun

東北

  1. chữ Hán form of đông bắc (“northeast”).
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