中東
See also: 中东
Chinese edit
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
east | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (中東) | 中 | 東 | |
| simp. (中东) | 中 | 东 | |
Etymology edit
Calque of English Middle East.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
中東
- Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)
Derived terms edit
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Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 中 | 東 |
| ちゅう Grade: 1 |
とう Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology edit
Compound of 中 (chū, “middle”) + 東 (tō, “east”), as a calque of English Middle East.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- the Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)
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References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean edit
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 中 | 東 |
Proper noun edit
中東 • (Jungdong or McCune-Reischauer: Chungdong or Yale: Cwungtong) (hangeul 중동)
- Hanja form? of 중동 (“Middle East”).
Vietnamese edit
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 中 | 東 |
Proper noun edit
中東
- chữ Hán form of Trung Đông (“Middle East”).