# 東洋
## Chinese

* 東洋

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Dōngyáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dung$^1$ joeng$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Tûng-yòng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tang-iûⁿ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ton-yan$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngyáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Dongyáng
*** Wade–Giles: Tung$^1$-yang$^2$
*** Yale: Dūng-yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongyang
*** Palladius: Дунъян (Dunʺjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dung$^1$ joeng$^4$
*** Yale: dūng yèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dung$^1$ joeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dung$^1$ yêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tûng-yòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: dung$^ˊ$ iong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dung$^1$ yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tûng-yòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: dung$^ˊ$ (r)iong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dung$^1$ yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-iûⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tang-iûnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dang'viuu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ton-yan$_6$
*** MiniDict: ton$^平$ yan$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ton-hhian$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /toŋ⁵⁵ ɦiã²¹/

### Proper noun

東洋
* (dated or literary) Japan (from the Chinese perspective)
* (dated or literary) the Orient; Asia; East Asia

#### Synonyms

* (Japan):
* 11區 / 11区 (shíyī-qū) (Internet slang)
* 倭 (historical, now pejorative)
* 日 (abbreviation)
* 日本 (Rìběn)
* 日本國 / 日本国 (Rìběnguó) (official)
* 東瀛 / 东瀛 (Dōngyíng) (literary, poetic)
* 立本 (lìběn) (internet slang)
* 鄉下 / 乡下 (hoeng1 haa6-2) (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous)
* 霓虹 (níhóng) (Internet slang)
* (East Asia): 東亞／东亚 (Dōngyà)

#### Coordinate terms

* 西洋 (Xīyáng)

#### Derived terms

* 東洋人 / 东洋人 (dōngyángrén)
* 東洋車 / 东洋车 (dōngyángchē)
* 東洋鬼 / 东洋鬼
* 東洋鬼子 / 东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi)

#### References

* (Min Nan) “東洋”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 東 | 洋 |
| とう Grade: 2 | よう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とーよー [tóꜜòyòò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [to̞ːjo̞ː]

### Noun

東(とう)洋(よう) • (tōyō)
* the East; Asia, especially East Asia, as opposed to the West.
    東洋(とうよう)の魔女(まじょ)
       tōyō no majo
       Oriental Witches (nickname of the Japan women's national volleyball team in 1960s)

#### Antonyms

* 西洋(せいよう) (seiyō)

### References

* ↑ 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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 東 | 洋 |

### Proper noun

東洋 • (Dong-yang) (hangeul 동양)
* hanja form of 동양 (“the Orient, Asia”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 東 | 洋 |

### Proper noun

東洋
* chữ Hán form of Đông Dương (“Indochina”).

### Adjective

東洋
* chữ Hán form of Đông Dương (“Indochinese”).