# 中東
## Chinese

* 中東 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 中東 (Cantonese)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Zhōngdōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^1$ dung$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chûng-tûng
* Eastern Min (BUC): Dṳ̆ng-dĕ̤ng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-tang
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngdōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongdong
*** Wade–Giles: Chung$^1$-tung$^1$
*** Yale: Jūng-dūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongdong
*** Palladius: Чжундун (Čžundun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ dung$^1$
*** Yale: jūng dūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ dung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ dung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-tûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˊ$ dung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^1$ dung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Dṳ̆ng-dĕ̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /tyŋ⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$nøyŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-tang
*** Tâi-lô: Tiong-tang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diongdafng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ taŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

### Proper noun

中東
* Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

#### Derived terms

* 中東米／中东米 (zhōngdōngmǐ)

#### See also

* 近東／近东 (Jìndōng)
* 遠東／远东 (Yuǎndōng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 中 | 東 |
| ちゅう Grade: 1 | とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

Compound of 中 (chū, “middle”) +‎ 東 (tō, “east”), as a calque of English Middle East.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちゅうとー [chùútóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [t͡ɕɨːto̞ː]

### Proper noun

中(ちゅう)東(とう) • (Chūtō)
* the Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

### See also

* 近(きん)東(とう) (Kintō, “the Near East”)
* 極(きょく)東(とう) (Kyokutō, “the Far East”)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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 :
| 中 | 東 |

### Proper noun

中東 • (Jungdong or McCune-Reischauer: Chungdong or Yale: Cwungtong) (hangeul 중동)
* hanja form of 중동 (“Middle East”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 中 | 東 |

### Proper noun

中東
* chữ Hán form of Trung Đông (“Middle East”).