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") 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): ㄉㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ dung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dāndōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • 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

1. (～市) Dandong (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)

Synonyms

• (former name) 安東／安东 (Āndōng)

Descendants

• → English: Dandong, Tantung, Tan-tung

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) 

1. Dandong (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
丹	東

Proper noun

丹東 • (Dandung) (hangeul 단둥)

1. hanja form^? of 단둥 (“Dandong”)