遼東

See also: 辽东

Chinese

		Liaoning; name of a dynasty	east
trad. (遼東)		遼	東
simp. (辽东)		辽	东

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liáodōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ dung¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Lièu-dĕ̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Liâu-tang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liáodōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liáodong
    • Wade–Giles: Liao²-tung¹
    • Yale: Lyáu-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liaudong
    • Palladius: Ляодун (Ljaodun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ dung¹
    • Yale: lìuh dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Lièu-dĕ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)løyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liâu-tang
    • Tâi-lô: Liâu-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liau'dafng
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lew tuwng

Rime
Character	遼	東
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	落蕭切	德紅切
Baxter	lew	tuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/tuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/tuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/tuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/təwŋ/
Li Rong	/leu/	/tuŋ/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/tuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/tuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	dōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	dung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw  toːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	東
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dōng
Middle Chinese	‹ tuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?)
English	east
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遼	東
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8090	2435
Phonetic component	尞	東
Rime group	宵	東
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	聊	東
Old Chinese	/*reːw/	/*toːŋ/
Notes		種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽， 參敕字陳字注

Proper noun

遼東

1. area east of the Liao River
2. (historical) Liaodong (an ancient commandery in present-day Liaoning, China)
3. (～省) Liaodong (a former province of China)

Derived terms

• 遼東半島／辽东半岛 (Liáodōng Bàndǎo)
• 遼東灣／辽东湾 (Liáodōngwān)

 

See also

• 遼西／辽西 (Liáoxī)
• 遼北／辽北 (Liáoběi)
• 遼寧／辽宁 (Liáoníng)