dung1 aa3東亞东亚
Jyutpingdung1 aa3
Yaledūng a
Definition
East Asia, including mainland China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and Mongolia.
neutralplaces
How it's used
Used primarily in formal or academic contexts to describe the geopolitical region. In casual conversation, people are more likely to specify individual countries or regions like 中國 or 日本 rather than referring to the collective area.
Examples
He really likes traveling in East Asia.
What do you think about the economy in East Asia?
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
