近東

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	east
trad. (近東)		近	東
simp. (近东)		近	东

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jìndōng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ dung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiun-tûng
Min Nan (POJ): Kǔn-tong / Kūn-tong / Kīn-tong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jìndōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinndong
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan⁶ dung¹
  - Yale: gahn dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ dung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiun-tûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiun dung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiun⁴ dung¹
  - IPA: /kʰi̯un⁵⁵ tuŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kǔn-tong
  - Tâi-lô: Kǔn-tong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun²² tɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kūn-tong
  - Tâi-lô: Kūn-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxndofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kun²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kīn-tong
  - Tâi-lô: Kīn-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixndofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

近東

Near East

Antonyms

遠東／远东 (Yuǎndōng)
中東／中东 (Zhōngdōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
近	東
きん Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

近 (kin, “near”) +‎ 東 (tō, “east”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) きんとー [kìńtóó] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [kʲĩnto̞ː]
Homophones: 均等, 金湯

Proper noun

近東 (hiragana きんとう, rōmaji Kintō)

the Near East

See also

極 (きょく)東 (とう) (Kyokutō)
中 (ちゅう)東 (とう) (Chūtō)

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