丹東

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.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dāndōng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ dung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dāndōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dandong
  - Wade–Giles: Tan¹-tung¹
  - Yale: Dān-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dandong
  - Palladius: Даньдун (Danʹdun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
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/

Proper noun

丹東

(～市) Dandong (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)

Synonyms

(former name) 安東／安东 (Āndōng)

Descendants

→ English: Dandong, Tan-tung

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	東
たん Grade: S	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

丹(たん)東(とう) • (Tantō)

Dandong (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)

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