東洋

See also: 东洋

Chinese

		east	ocean; foreign
trad. (東洋)		東	洋
simp. (东洋)		东	洋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōngyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Tûng-yòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tang-iûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dongyáng
    • Wade–Giles: Tung¹-yang²
    • Yale: Dūng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongyang
    • Palladius: Дунъян (Dunʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ joeng⁴
    • Yale: dūng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tûng-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung´ iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tûng-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung´ (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tang-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dang'viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/

Proper noun

東洋

1. (dated) Japan (from the Chinese perspective)
2. (dated) the Orient; Asia; East Asia

Synonyms

• (Japan):

• 11區／11区 (shíyī-qū) (Internet slang)
• 倭 (historical, now pejorative)
• 日本 (Rìběn)
• 日本國／日本国 (Rìběnguó) (official)
• 東瀛／东瀛 (Dōngyíng) (literary, poetic)
• 鄉下／乡下 (hoeng1 haa6-2) (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous)
• 霓虹 (níhóng) (Internet slang)

 

Coordinate terms

• 西洋 (Xīyáng)

Derived terms

• 東洋人／东洋人 (dōngyángrén)
• 東洋車／东洋车 (dōngyángchē)
• 東洋鬼／东洋鬼
• 東洋鬼子／东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi)

 

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #4239”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	洋
とう Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​ーよー [tóꜜòyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːjo̞ː]

Noun

東(とう)洋(よう) • (tōyō) 

1. the East; Asia, especially East Asia, as opposed to the West.

Antonyms

• 西洋(せいよう) (seiyō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
東	洋

Proper noun

東洋 • (Dong-yang) (hangeul 동양)

1. Hanja form^? of 동양 (“the Orient, Asia”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
東	洋

Proper noun

東洋

1. chữ Hán form of Đông Dương (“Indochina”).

Adjective

東洋

1. chữ Hán form of Đông Dương (“Indochinese”).