東洋

See also: 东洋

Chinese

		east	ocean; foreign
trad. (東洋)		東	洋
simp. (东洋)		东	洋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōngyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ joeng⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Tûng-yòng

  (Hailu, HRS): dung^ˋ rhong

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tang-iûⁿ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ton-yan₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dongyáng
    • Wade–Giles: Tung¹-yang²
    • Yale: Dūng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongyang
    • Palladius: Дунъян (Dunʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ joeng⁴
    • Yale: dūng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tûng-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung^ˊ iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tûng-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung^ˊ (r)iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung^ˋ rhong
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ⁵³ ʒoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tang-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dang'viuu
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ton-yan₆
    • MiniDict: ton^平 yan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ton-hhian₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /toŋ⁵⁵ ɦiã²¹/

Proper noun

東洋

1. (dated or literary) Japan (from the Chinese perspective)
2. (dated or literary) the Orient; Asia; East Asia

Synonyms

• (Japan):

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• 11區 / 11区 (shíyī-qū) (Internet slang)
• 倭 (historical, now pejorative)
• 日 (abbreviation)
• 日本 (Rìběn)
• 日本國 / 日本国 (Rìběnguó) (official)
• 東瀛 / 东瀛 (Dōngyíng) (literary, poetic)
• 立本 (lìběn) (internet slang)
• 輻島 / 辐岛 (Fúdǎo) (Internet slang, derogatory)
• 鄉下 / 乡下 (hoeng1 haa6-2) (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous)
• 霓虹 (níhóng) (Internet slang)
• 🐌 (Internet slang, derogatory, humorous)

• (East Asia): 東亞／东亚 (Dōngyà)

Coordinate terms

• 西洋 (Xīyáng)

Derived terms

• 東洋人 / 东洋人 (dōngyángrén)
• 東洋車 / 东洋车 (dōngyángchē)
• 東洋鬼 / 东洋鬼
• 東洋鬼子 / 东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi)

References

• (Min Nan) “東洋”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	洋
とう Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーよー [tóꜜòyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːjo̞ː]

Noun

東(とう)洋(よう) • (tōyō) 

1. the East; Asia, especially East Asia, as opposed to the West

   東洋(とうよう)の魔女(まじょ)

   tōyō no majo

   Oriental Witches (nickname of the Japan women's national volleyball team in 1960s)

Antonyms

• 西洋(せいよう) (seiyō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
東	洋

Proper noun

東洋 • (Dong-yang) (hangeul 동양)

1. hanja form^? of 동양 (“the Orient, Asia”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
東	洋

Proper noun

東洋

1. chữ Hán form of Đông Dương:
   1. (dated) Indochina (a peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia)
2. (historical) Indochina (a former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; in full, French Indochina)

Adjective

東洋

1. chữ Hán form of Đông Dương (“Indochinese”)