東東

See also: 东东

Chinese

		east	east
trad. (東東)		東	東
simp. (东东)		东	东

Etymology

Reduplicative diminutive based on 東西／东西 (dōngxī, “thing”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngdōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ dung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngdōng → dōngdong (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ → ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄉㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongdo̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-tung⁵
    • Yale: dūng-dung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong.dong
    • Palladius: дундун (dundun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/ → /tʊŋ⁵⁵ d̥ʊŋ²/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ dung¹
    • Yale: dūng dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

東東

1. (slang, cute-sounding, humorous) thing

Derived terms

• 乜東東／乜东东
• 什麼東東／什么东东 (shénme dōngdōng)