遠東 (jyun5 dung1) — the Far East — typically used in collective reference to China, Japan, Korea and the Southeast Asian countries. Sometimes includes eastern Siberia and nations of the Indian subcontinent. More polically correct to refer this entity as "East Asia (東亞)" nowadays ("Far" from whose point of view?) in Cantonese
jyunˏ₅遠dungˉ¹東简 远东
Mandarin Pinyin: yuan3 dong1
Meaning of 遠東
nounthe Far East — typically used in collective reference to China, Japan, Korea and the Southeast Asian countries. Sometimes includes eastern Siberia and nations of the Indian subcontinent. More polically correct to refer this entity as "East Asia (東亞)" nowadays ("Far" from whose point of view?)