遠東
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See also: 远东
Chinese
| far; distant; remote | east | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (遠東) | 遠 | 東 | |
| simp. (远东) | 远 | 东 | |
Etymology
Calque of English Far East.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun5 dung1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yén-tûng / Yán-tûng
- Eastern Min (BUC): Uōng-dĕ̤ng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Oán-tong / Oán-tang
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Yuǎndong
- Wade–Giles: Yüan3-tung1
- Yale: Ywǎn-dūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeuandong
- Palladius: Юаньдун (Juanʹdun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyun5 dung1
- Yale: yúhn dūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn5 dung1
- Guangdong Romanization: yun5 dung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn¹³ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yén-tûng
- Hakka Romanization System: ienˋ dungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan3 dung1
- Sinological IPA: /i̯en³¹ tuŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yán-tûng
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˋ dungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan3 dung1
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an³¹ tuŋ²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Uōng-dĕ̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /uoŋ³³⁻²¹ (t-)nøyŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Oán-tong / Oán-tang
- Tâi-lô: Uán-tong / Uán-tang
- Phofsit Daibuun: oafndofng, oafndafng
- IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ³³/, /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
遠東
- Far East
- 我想遠東情勢是一個很多新的情況發生也是有很多新的變化。不過我相信中美兩個國家大家在一起很堅強的聯合整個的亞洲的危險的局面我們能夠掌握。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
- From: 23 September 1965, Chiang, Ching-kuo, James Shen transl., General Chiang Ching-kuo and President Lyndon Johnson, National Archives Identifier: 1677198, at 2:23
- Wǒ xiǎng yuǎndōng qíngshì shì yīge hěnduō xīnde qíngkuàng fāshēng yěshì yǒu hěnduō xīnde biànhuà. Bùguò wǒ xiàngxìn zhōngměi liǎng ge guójiā dàjiā zàiyīqǐ hěn jiānqiáng de liánhé zhěngge de Yǎzhōu de wéixiǎn de júmiàn wǒmen nénggòu zhǎngwò.
- Things are happening in the Far East. There have been many new developments. But if you're certain that so as long as our two countries work together and stand together, and if necessary fight together, things will work out to the benefit and to the advantage of freedom and security for all.
我想远东情势是一个很多新的情况发生也是有很多新的变化。不过我相信中美两个国家大家在一起很坚强的联合整个的亚洲的危险的局面我们能够掌握。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
- (～地區) Russian Far East (a region of Russia)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “Entry #52848”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 遠 | 東 |
| えん Grade: 2 |
とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 遠 (en, “far”) + 東 (tō, “east”), calque of English Far East.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Synonyms
- 極東 (kyokutō)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 遠 | 東 |
Proper noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 遠 | 東 |
Proper noun
遠東