遠東

See also: 远东

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	east
trad. (遠東)		遠	東
simp. (远东)		远	东

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuǎndōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ dung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yén-tûng / Yán-tûng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Uōng-dĕ̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Oán-tong / Oán-tang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuǎndōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuǎndong
    • Wade–Giles: Yüan³-tung¹
    • Yale: Ywǎn-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeuandong
    • Palladius: Юаньдун (Juanʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ dung¹
    • Yale: yúhn dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yén-tûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˋ dung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en³¹ tuŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yán-tûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˋ dung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an³¹ tuŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Uōng-dĕ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(t-)nøyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Oán-tong / Oán-tang
    • Tâi-lô: Uán-tong / Uán-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafndofng, oafndafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ³³/, /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/, /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

遠東

1. Far East

   • 我想遠東情勢是一個很多新的情況發生也是有很多新的變化。不過我相信中美兩個國家大家在一起很堅強的聯合整個的亞洲的危險的局面我們能夠掌握。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     我想远东情势是一个很多新的情况发生也是有很多新的变化。不过我相信中美两个国家大家在一起很坚强的联合整个的亚洲的危险的局面我们能够掌握。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 23 September 1965, Chiang, Ching-kuo, James Shen transl., General Chiang Ching-kuo and President Lyndon Johnson, National Archives Identifier: 1677198, at 2:23

     Wǒ xiǎng yuǎndōng qíngshì shì yīge hěnduō xīnde qíngkuàng fāshēng yěshì yǒu hěnduō xīnde biànhuà. Bùguò wǒ xiàngxìn zhōngměi liǎng ge guójiā dàjiā zàiyīqǐ hěn jiānqiáng de liánhé zhěngge de Yǎzhōu de wéixiǎn de júmiàn wǒmen nénggòu zhǎngwò. [Pinyin]

     Things are happening in the Far East. There have been many new developments. But if you're certain that so as long as our two countries work together and stand together, and if necessary fight together, things will work out to the benefit and to the advantage of freedom and security for all.

2. (～地區) Russian Far East (a region of Russia)

   西伯利亞及遠東地區 [MSC, trad.]
   西伯利亚及远东地区 [MSC, simp.]

   Xībólìyà jí Yuǎndōng Dìqū [Pinyin]

   Siberia and the Far East

   遠東地區發展／远东地区发展  ―  Yuǎndōng Dìqū fāzhǎn  ―  development of the Far East

   遠東居民／远东居民  ―  Yuǎndōng jūmín  ―  residents of the Far East

Derived terms

• 遠東共和國／远东共和国 (Yuǎndōng Gònghéguó)

 

See also

• 近東／近东 (Jìndōng)
• 中東／中东 (Zhōngdōng)

Further reading

• “Entry #52848”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	東
えん Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 遠(えん) (en, “far”) + 東(とう) (tō, “east”), calque of English Far East.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞nto̞ː]

Proper noun

遠(えん)東(とう) • (Entō) 

1. (rare) the Far East

Synonyms

• 極(きょく)東(とう) (kyokutō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
遠	東

Proper noun

遠東 • (Wondong) (hangeul 원동)

1. hanja form^? of 원동 (“(rare) Far East”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
遠	東

Proper noun

遠東

1. chữ Hán form of Viễn Đông (“Far East”).