遼東

See also: 辽东

Chinese

		Liaoning; name of a dynasty	east
trad. (遼東)		遼	東
simp. (辽东)		辽	东

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遼東 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
辽东 (Wu)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Liáodōng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ dung¹
Eastern Min (BUC): Lièu-dĕ̤ng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Liâu-tang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Liáodōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Liáodong
  - Wade–Giles: Liao²-tung¹
  - Yale: Lyáu-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liaudong
  - Palladius: Ляодун (Ljaodun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: liu⁴ dung¹
  - Yale: lìuh dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Lièu-dĕ̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)løyŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liâu-tang
  - Tâi-lô: Liâu-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liau'dafng
  - IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: lew tuwng

Rime
Character	遼	東
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	落蕭切	德紅切
Baxter	lew	tuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/tuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/tuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/tuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/təwŋ/
Li Rong	/leu/	/tuŋ/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/tuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/tuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	dōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁴	dung¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːw toːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	東
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dōng
Middle Chinese	‹ tuwng ›
Old Chinese	/tˁoŋ/ (< tˁoŋʔ ?)
English	east
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遼	東
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8090	2435
Phonetic component	尞	東
Rime group	宵	東
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	聊	東
Old Chinese	/*reːw/	/*toːŋ/
Notes		種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽，參敕字陳字注

Proper noun

遼東

area east of the Liao River
(historical) (～郡) Liaodong (an ancient commandery in present-day Liaoning, China)
- 於是，秦大怒燕，益發兵詣趙，詔王翦軍以伐燕。十月而拔燕薊城。燕王喜、太子丹等，皆率其精兵東保於遼東。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  于是，秦大怒燕，益发兵诣赵，诏王翦军以伐燕。十月而拔燕蓟城。燕王喜、太子丹等，皆率其精兵东保于辽东。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Yúshì, Qín dànù Yān, yì fābīng yì Zhào, zhào Wáng Jiǎn jūn yǐ fá Yān. Shíyuè ér bá Yān Jìchéng. Yān wáng Xǐ, tàizǐ Dān děng, jiē lǜ qí jīngbīng dōng bǎo yú Liáodōng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 往時遼東有豕，生子白頭，異而獻之，行至河東，見群豕皆白，懷慙而還。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  往时辽东有豕，生子白头，异而献之，行至河东，见群豕皆白，怀惭而还。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  Wǎngshí Liáodōng yǒu shǐ, shēng zǐ báitóu, yì ér xiàn zhī, xíng zhì Hédōng, jiàn qún shǐ jiē bái, huái cán ér hái. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(～省) Liaodong (a former province of China)

Derived terms

遼東半島 / 辽东半岛 (Liáodōng Bàndǎo)
遼東灣 / 辽东湾 (Liáodōngwān)