Chinese

Noun

東北

1. northeast

Proper noun

東北

1. (Dōngběi) northeast China; Manchuria

Derived terms

See also

• 滿洲國／满洲国 (Mǎnzhōuguó)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) とうほく [tòóhókú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːho̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

東北 ‎(hiragana とうほく, romaji tōhoku)

1. northeast

Proper noun

東北 ‎(hiragana とうほく, romaji Tōhoku)

1. the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): 青森県 (​Aomori-ken), 岩手県 (​Iwate-ken), 宮城県 (​Miyagi-ken), 福島県 (​Fukushima-ken), 山形県 (​Yamagata-ken), 秋田県 (​Akita-ken).

Synonyms

• 東北地方 (とうほくちほう) ‎(Tōhokuchihō)
• 奥羽 (おうう) ‎(Ōu)

See also

• 東北地方 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Tōhoku region on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3