海東

See also: 海东

Chinese

		ocean; sea	east
trad. (海東)		海	東
simp. (海东)		海	东
anagram		東海／东海
Literally: “east of the sea”.

Etymology

Haidong, Qinghai is east of 青海湖 (Qīnghǎi Hú, “Qinghai Lake”, literally “Blue Sea”), and Korea is east of Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hǎidōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² dung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hǎidōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hǎidong
    • Wade–Giles: Hai³-tung¹
    • Yale: Hǎi-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Haedong
    • Palladius: Хайдун (Xajdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² dung¹
    • Yale: hói dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

海東

1. (～市, formerly ～地區) Haidong (a prefecture-level city in Qinghai, China, formerly a prefecture)
2. (literary) Korea

Coordinate terms

• 海南 (Hǎinán)
• 海西 (Hǎixī)
• 海北 (Hǎiběi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海東):

• → Korean: 해동(海東) (haedong)