# 東人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dōngrén
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dung$^1$ jan$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dōngrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dongrén
*** Wade–Giles: tung$^1$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: dūng-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongren
*** Palladius: дунжэнь (dunžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dung$^1$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: dūng yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dung$^1$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dung$^1$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: tuwng nyin
Rime :
| Character | 東 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 德紅切 | 如鄰切 |
| Baxter | tuwng | nyin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuŋ/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tuŋ/ | /ȵin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tuŋ/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /təwŋ/ | /ȵin/ |
| Li Rong | /tuŋ/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /tuŋ/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tuŋ/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dōng | rén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dung$^1$ | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤoŋ ni[ŋ]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*toːŋ njin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 東 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dōng | rén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tuwng › | ‹ nyin › |
| Old Chinese | /*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?) | /*ni[ŋ]/ |
| English | east | (other) person |
| 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 | 東 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 2435 | 10800 |
| Phonetic component | 東 | 人 |
| Rime group | 東 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 東 | 仁 |
| Old Chinese | /*toːŋ/ | /*njin/ |
| Notes | 種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽， 參敕字陳字注 | |

### Noun

東人
* (literary, literally) someone from the east; easterner
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Dōngrén zhī zǐ, zhí láo bùlái. Xīrén zhī zǐ, càncàn yīfú. [Pinyin]
    The sons of the easterners are only summoned [to service] without encouragement, while the sons of the westerners shine in splendid dresses.
* (archaic) landlord; master; boss
* (archaic) host (person who receives or entertains other people as guests)
* (Korean Classical Chinese) Korean
    From: 1858, 金直淵, 《聞見雜識》, 《燕槎日錄》
    a dong-in yu eo Jungguk ja, gwan gi gyumo ji dae, uido ji seong, gungsil ji jangnyeo [Sino-Korean]
    As for us Koreans who have visited China, we have seen the greatness of its scale, the flourishing of its ceremonial, the magnificence of its palaces.

#### Synonyms

* (someone from the east): 東方人／东方人 (dōngfāngrén)
* (landlord):
* 厝主 (chió-ciō) (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)
* 厝東家／厝东家 (chio̤̿-dóng-gá) (Northern Min)
* 厝頭家／厝头家 (Hokkien)
* 地主 (dìzhǔ) (often pejorative)
* 房東／房东 (fángdōng)
* 東家／东家 (dōngjiā) (literary)
* (host):
* 主人 (zhǔrén)
* 主人公 (zhǔréngōng) (literary, honorific)
* 主人翁 (zhǔrénwēng) (literary, honorific)
* 東家／东家 (dōngjiā)
* 東道／东道 (dōngdào)
* 東道主／东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ)
* 東道主人／东道主人 (dōngdào zhǔrén)

### Proper noun

東人
* (historical) a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, opposing the 西人 (xīrén, “Westerner”) faction; around 1589, they split into the 北人 (běirén, “Northerner”) and 南人 (nánrén, “Southerner”) factions