# 遼東
## Chinese

* 遼東 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 辽东 (Wu)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “When/how did this meaning arise?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Liáodōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^4$ dung$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Lièu-dĕ̤ng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Liâu-tang
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Liáodōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Liáodong
*** Wade–Giles: Liao$^2$-tung$^1$
*** Yale: Lyáu-dūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liaudong
*** Palladius: Ляодун (Ljaodun)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^4$ dung$^1$
*** Yale: lìuh dūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^4$ dung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^4$ dung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Lièu-dĕ̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ieu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$løyŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liâu-tang
*** Tâi-lô: Liâu-tang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liau'dafng
*** IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: lew tuwng
Rime :
| Character | 遼 | 東 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | I |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 | 德紅切 |
| Baxter | lew | tuwng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /leu/ | /tuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leu/ | /tuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /leu/ | /tuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛw/ | /təwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /leu/ | /tuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /lieu/ | /tuŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lieu/ | /tuŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáo | dōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | liu$^4$ | dung$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːw toːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 東 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dōng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tuwng › |
| Old Chinese | /*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?) |
| English | east |
| 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 | 遼 | 東 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 8090 | 2435 |
| Phonetic component | 尞 | 東 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 聊 | 東 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːw/ | /*toːŋ/ |
| Notes | | 種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽， 參敕字陳字注 |

### Proper noun

遼東
* area east of the Liao River
* (historical) (～郡) Liaodong (an ancient commandery in present-day Liaoning, China)
    From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd centuries BCE
    Yúshì, Qín dànù Yān, yì fābīng yì Zhào, zhào Wáng Jiǎn jūn yǐ fá Yān. Shíyuè ér bá Yān Jìchéng. Yān wáng Xǐ, tàizǐ Dān děng, jiē lǜ qí jīngbīng dōng bǎo yú Liáodōng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
    Wǎngshí Liáodōng yǒu shǐ, shēng zǐ báitóu, yì ér xiàn zhī, xíng zhì Hédōng, jiàn qún shǐ jiē bái, huái cán ér hái. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (～省) Liaodong (a former province of China)

#### Derived terms

* 遼東半島／辽东半岛 (Liáodōng Bàndǎo)
* 遼東灣／辽东湾 (Liáodōngwān)

#### See also

* 遼西／辽西 (Liáoxī)
* 遼北／辽北 (Liáoběi)
* 遼寧／辽宁 (Liáoníng)