極東

See also: 极东

Chinese

		utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	east
trad. (極東)		極	東
simp. (极东)		极	东

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jídōng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gik⁶ dung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jídōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jídong
  - Wade–Giles: Chi²-tung¹
  - Yale: Jí-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jyidong
  - Palladius: Цзидун (Czidun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gik⁶ dung¹
  - Yale: gihk dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁹ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gig⁶ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚² tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

極東

Far East (East and Southeast Asia)

Synonyms

遠東／远东 (Yuǎndōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
極	東
きょく Grade: 4	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょくとー [kyòkútóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝto̞ː]

Proper noun

極(きょく)東(とう) • (Kyokutō)

the Far East (East and Southeast Asia)

See also

近(きん)東(とう) (Kintō)
中(ちゅう)東(とう) (Chūtō)

References

1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
極	東

Proper noun

極東 or 極東 or 極東 • (Geukdong or McCune-Reischauer: Kŭktong or Yale: Kukqtong) (hangeul 극동)

Hanja form^? of 극동 (“Far East”).

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