中東戰爭

Chinese

		Middle East	war; invasion
trad. (中東戰爭)		中東	戰爭
simp. (中东战争)		中东	战争
Literally: “Middle Eastern war”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngdōng Zhànzhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ dung¹ zin³ zang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngdōng Zhànzhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongdong Jhànjheng
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-tung¹ Chan⁴-chêng¹
    • Yale: Jūng-dūng Jàn-jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongdong Jannjeng
    • Palladius: Чжундун Чжаньчжэн (Čžundun Čžanʹčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ dung¹ zin³ zang¹
    • Yale: jūng dūng jin jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dung¹ dzin³ dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ dung¹ jin³ zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

中東戰爭

1. the Arab–Israeli wars

Usage notes

Often with ordinal number added to describe specific wars between Israel and the Arab countries.

第二次中東戰爭／第二次中东战争  ―  dì'èrcì zhōngdōngzhànzhēng  ―  Suez Crisis (literally "Second Middle Eastern War")

第四次中東戰爭／第四次中东战争  ―  dìsìcì zhōngdōngzhànzhēng  ―  Yom Kippur War (literally "Fourth Middle Eastern War")