東突厥斯坦 (dung1 dat6 kyut3 si1 taan2 | dong1 tu2/1 (Taiwan/PRC) jue2 si1 tan3) : East Turkestan; historical term for Xinjiang

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東突厥斯坦

dung1 dat6 kyut3 si1 taan2

dong1 tu2/1 (Taiwan/PRC) jue2 si1 tan3

East Turkestan; historical term for Xinjiang

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

東突厥斯坦 / 东突厥斯坦

This word has been viewed 1317 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 15th Jan 2007 06:06 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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東 dung1 - east ; host, master, owner; family name
突 dat6 - dash forward; abruptly; protrude
厥 kyut3 - faint; his; then
斯 si1 - this, such; then, thus
坦 taan2 - wide and smooth; composed

2 compounds containing this word:

東突厥斯坦解放組織 - East Turkestan liberation organization ETLO (Xinjiang dissident group)
東突厥斯坦伊斯蘭運動 - East Turkestan Islamic movement ETIM

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