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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hǎidōng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² dung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hǎidōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hǎidong
  - Wade–Giles: Hai³-tung¹
  - Yale: Hǎi-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Haedong
  - Palladius: Хайдун (Xajdun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² dung¹
  - Yale: hói dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

海東

(～市, formerly ～地區) Haidong (a prefecture-level city in Qinghai, China, formerly a prefecture)
(literary) Korea

Coordinate terms

海南 (Hǎinán)
海西 (Hǎixī)
海北 (Hǎiběi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海東):

→ Korean: 해동(海東) (haedong)

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