東萊

Chinese

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trad. (東萊)		東	萊
simp. (东莱)		东	莱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dōnglái

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄌㄞˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dōnglái
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Donglái
  - Wade–Giles: Tung¹-lai²
  - Yale: Dūng-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Donglai
  - Palladius: Дунлай (Dunlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/

Proper noun

東萊

(～郡) Donglai (a historical commandery of China; modern Longkou)
(～區) Dongnae (a district of the Metropolitan City of Busan, South Korea)

References

龍口市／龙口市 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Longkou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Luo, Guanzhong (2006) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 11, page 139, note 7 (in Mandarin), →ISBN

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
東	萊
とん Grade: 2	ね Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
東莱

Borrowed from Korean 동래(東萊) (dongnae).

Alternative forms

(dated) 東(とう)萊(らい) (Tōrai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tõ̞nːe̞]

Proper noun

東萊(トンネ) • (Tonne)

Dongnae (a district of the Metropolitan City of Busan, South Korea)

Synonyms

(obsolete) 東萊(とくねぎ) (Tokunegi), 東萊(とねぎ) (Tonegi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
東	萊
とう Grade: 2	らい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
東莱

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 동래(東萊) (dongnae).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞ːɾa̠i]

Proper noun

東(とう)萊(らい) • (Tōrai) ^{←とうらい (tourai)^?}

(dated) Dongnae (a place in Busan, South Korea)
- 1781, 康遇聖 [Gang Useong], 重刊改修捷解新語 (Chōkan kaishū Shōkai shingo)‎^NKL, volume 4:
  
  𛃉𛃞うにち とうらいにのほりまして
  myōnichi Tōrai ni nobori mashite
  Tomorrow I will go to Tongnae

Synonyms

東(トン)萊(ネ) (Tonne)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
東	萊
Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
東莱

Unknown; probably not directly from Korean 동래(東萊) (dongnae), as the phonetics are problematic.

Perhaps from Early Modern Korean *동령(東令) (*twonglyeng), a shortening of 동ᄅᆡ 령감(東萊令監) (twongloy lyengkam), referring to government officials from Dongnae.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ne̞ɡʲi]
IPA^(key): [to̞ne̞ɡʲi]

Proper noun

東萊(とくねぎ) or 東萊(とねぎ) • (Tokunegi or Tonegi)

(obsolete) Dongnae (a place in Busan, South Korea)

Synonyms

東(トン)萊(ネ) (Tonne)

References

辻星児 (2007) “「尊海渡海日記」に記された朝鮮語ついて [Korean Words in 'Sonkai Tokai Nikki']”, in 文化共生学研究‎^[1]