丹東

See also: 丹东

Chinese

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	east
trad. (丹東)		丹	東
simp. (丹东)		丹	东

Etymology

Renamed 丹東 (literally "red east") from the similarly pronounced 安東／安东 (Āndōng, literally “to pacify the east”) in 1965.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dāndōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ dung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dāndōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dandong
    • Wade–Giles: Tan¹-tung¹
    • Yale: Dān-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dandong
    • Palladius: Даньдун (Danʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ dung¹
    • Yale: dāan dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

丹東

1. (～市) Dandong (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)

Synonyms

• (former name) 安東／安东 (Āndōng)

Descendants

• → English: Dandong, Tan-tung

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	東
たん Grade: S	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

丹(たん)東(とう) • (Tantō) 

1. Dandong (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)