海東

See also: 海东

Chinese

ocean; sea east
trad. (海東) 海 東
simp. (海东) 海 东
anagram 東海／东海
Literally: “east of the sea”.

Etymology

Haidong, Qinghai is east of 青海湖 (Qīnghǎi Hú, “Qinghai Lake”, literally “Blue Sea”), and Korea is east of Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

海東

  1. (～市, formerly ～地區) Haidong (a prefecture-level city of Qinghai, China, formerly a prefecture)
  2. (literary) Korea

Coordinate terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海東):
  • → Korean: 해동(海東) (haedong)

Others:

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