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東京

简东京 · 繁東京

Mandarin · pinyin Dōng jīng

Tokyo, capital of Japan
Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)

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東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
京: jīng · capital city
东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward

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1–1 · Dong1 jing1

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dung1 ging1

Cantonese word readings for 東京. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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name

(historical) Old name for 洛陽／洛阳 (Luòyáng). (especially as the Eastern Han capital, contrasted with 西京 or 長安 /长安; also used of Luoyang under Sui and Tang)
(historical) Old name for 開封／开封 (Kāifēng). (especially from the Later Jin through the Later Han, Later Zhou and Northern Song)
(historical) Old name for 慶州／庆州 (Qìngzhōu). (as Donggyeong, one of the Three Capitals (Samgyeong) of Goryeo from 987 to 1304, corresponding to present-day Gyeongju)
(historical) Old name for 遼陽／辽阳 (Liáoyáng). (as the eastern capital of the Liao and Jin dynasties)
Old name for 河內／河内 (Hénèi). (Hanoi)
(history) Tonkin
(～都) Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)

noun

(historical) an eastern capital (a capital located east of another capital, especially under a multiple-capital system)

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