中東

中東

See also: 中东

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	east
trad. (中東)		中	東
simp. (中东)		中	东

Etymology

Calque of English Middle East.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngdōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ dung¹
• Min Nan (POJ): Tiong-tang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngdōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongdong
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-tung¹
    • Yale: Jūng-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongdong
    • Palladius: Чжундун (Čžundun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ dung¹
    • Yale: jūng dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-tang
    • Tâi-lô: Tiong-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongdafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

中東

1. Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

Derived terms

中東米／中东米 (zhōngdōngmǐ)

See also

• 遠東／远东 (Yuǎndōng)

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Japanese

中東 (Chūtō): the Middle East.

Kanji in this term
中	東
ちゅう Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 中 (chū, “middle”) +‎ 東 (tō, “east”), as a calque of English Middle East.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) ちゅうとー [chùútóó] (Heiban – [0])[4][5]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːto̞ː]

Proper noun

中(ちゅう)東(とう) • (Chūtō) 

1. the Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

See also

• 近(きん)東(とう) (Kintō, “the Near East”)
• 極(きょく)東(とう) (Kyokutō, “the Far East”)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
中	東

Proper noun

中東 • (Jungdong or McCune-Reischauer: Chungdong or Yale: Cwungtong) (hangeul 중동)

1. Hanja form^? of 중동 (“Middle East”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
中	東

Proper noun

中東

1. chữ Hán form of Trung Đông (“Middle East”).