中東

See also: 中东

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	east
trad. (中東)		中	東
simp. (中东)		中	东

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Calque of English Middle East.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngdōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongdong
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-tung¹
  - Yale: Jūng-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongdong
  - Palladius: Чжундун (Čžundun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ dung¹
  - Yale: jūng dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-tûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ dung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dṳ̆ng-dĕ̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(t-)nøyŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-tang
  - Tâi-lô: Tiong-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongdafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ taŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

中東

Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

中東 on Japanese Wikipedia

Middle East on Wikipedia

Compound of 中 (chū, “middle”) +‎ 東 (tō, “east”), as a calque of English Middle East.^[1]^[2]^[3]

中(ちゅう)東(とう) • (Chūtō)

the Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Hanja in this term
中	東

中東 • (Jungdong or McCune-Reischauer: Chungdong or Yale: Cwungtong) (hangeul 중동)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
中	東

中東