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"^[1]) from the similarly pronounced 安東／安东 (Āndōng, literally “to pacify the east”) in 1965 because it was considered “not friendly” to North Korea, which is on the east of China.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dāndōng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ dung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dāndōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄉㄨㄥ
  - 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

(～市) Dandong (a prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China)

Synonyms

(former name) 安東／安东 (Āndōng)

Descendants

→ English: Dandong, Tantung, Tan-tung

References

^ “丹东简史”, in 丹东之窗‎^[1], 15 March 2015 (last accessed), archived from the original on 14 March 2009

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)

Dandong (a prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
丹	東

Proper noun

丹東 • (Dandong) (hangeul 단동)

hanja form^? of 단동 (“Dandong”)

[ddjs-1] “丹东简史”, in 丹东之窗‎^[1], 15 March 2015 (last accessed), archived from the original on 14 March 2009

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