遠東

See also: 远东

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	east
trad. (遠東)		遠	東
simp. (远东)		远	东

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuǎndōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ dung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Oán-tong / Oán-tang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuǎndōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuǎndong
    • Wade–Giles: Yüan³-tung¹
    • Yale: Ywǎn-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeuandong
    • Palladius: Юаньдун (Juanʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ dung¹
    • Yale: yúhn dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Oán-tong / Oán-tang
    • Tâi-lô: Uán-tong / Uán-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafndofng, oafndafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ³³/, /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 遠東

1. Far East
2. (～地區) Russian Far East (a region of Russia)

   西伯利亞及遠東地區 [MSC, trad.]
   西伯利亚及远东地区 [MSC, simp.]

   Xībólìyà jí Yuǎndōng Dìqū [Pinyin]

   Siberia and the Far East

   遠東地區發展／远东地区发展  ―  Yuǎndōng Dìqū fāzhǎn  ―  development of the Far East

   遠東居民／远东居民  ―  Yuǎndōng jūmín  ―  residents of the Far East

See also

• 中東／中东 (Zhōngdōng)

Further reading

• “Entry #52848”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	東
えん Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 遠(えん) (en, “far”) + 東(とう) (tō, “east”), calque of English Far East.

Proper noun

遠(えん)東(とう) • (Entō) 

1. (rare) the Far East

Synonyms

• 極(きょく)東(とう) (kyokutō)