中東

See also: 中东

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	east
trad. (中東)		中	東
simp. (中东)		中	东

Wikipedia has articles on:

Calque of English Middle East.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngdōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongdong
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-tung¹
  - Yale: Jūng-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongdong
  - Palladius: Чжундун (Čžundun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ dung¹
  - Yale: jūng dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-tûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ dung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dṳ̆ng-dĕ̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(t-)nøyŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-tang
  - Tâi-lô: Tiong-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongdafng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ taŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

中東

(geopolitics) Middle East (the geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

中東 on Japanese Wikipedia

Middle East on Wikipedia

Compound of 中 (chū, “middle”) +‎ 東 (tō, “east”), as a calque of English Middle East.^[1]^[2]^[3]

中(ちゅう)東(とう) • (Chūtō)

(geopolitics) Middle East (the geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

^ 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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Hanja in this term
中	東

中東 • (Jungdong or McCune-Reischauer: Chungdong or Yale: Cwungtong) (hangeul 중동)

hanja form^? of 중동 :
1. (geopolitics) Middle East (the geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
中	東

中東

chữ Hán form of Trung Đông:
1. (geopolitics) Middle East (the geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)