Dandong

Dandong

See also: Dāndōng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Tan-tung

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 丹東／丹东 (Dāndōng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæn.dɔŋ/, /-dɒŋ/

Proper noun

Dandong

1. A prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China.
   • 2008, Robert Willoughby, North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides)‎, 2nd edition, →ISBN, OCLC 1028345136, OL 12569771M, page 201:

     Another 40km south of Samjiyon is the Amnok riverbank city of Hyesan, opposite China, worth visiting for another China/DPRK comparison that’s also a favourite for visitors to Dandong (see page 205).

   • 2015 May 3, Kim, Tong-Hyung, “N. Korea arrests U.S. students for illegal entry”, in USA Today‎, archived from the original on 05 May 2015:

     North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that Joo was arrested on April 22 after trying to illegally enter North Korea by crossing the Amnok River from the Chinese border town of Dandong.

Synonyms

• (historical) Andong, An-tung, Antung

Translations

prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China

Chinese: Cantonese: 丹東, 丹东 (daan1 dung1) Mandarin: 丹東 (zh), 丹东 (zh) (Dāndōng)