东京湾

東京灣
Dōngjīngwān
proper noun #33,649

Meanings

  1. 1 Tokyo Bay (the bay on Japan's east coast, fronted by Tokyo and Yokohama)
  2. 2 (historical, ambiguous) older name for Gulf of Tonkin (now 北部湾)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Dōngjīngwān liánjiē Tàipíngyáng.
Tokyo Bay connects to the Pacific Ocean.
HSK 7-9
Héngbīn gǎng wèiyú Dōngjīngwān xī'àn.
Yokohama Port lies on the western shore of Tokyo Bay.
HSK 7-9
1853 nián, Měiguó Hēi chuán shǐrù Dōngjīngwān.
In 1853, the American 'Black Ships' sailed into Tokyo Bay.

Tips

history
Two distinct senses, easy to confuse: (1) the modern Tokyo Bay (东京湾) where Yokohama, Chiba, and the U.S.S. Missouri's 1945 Japanese surrender ceremony all sit; (2) an older Chinese name for the Gulf of Tonkin between China and Vietnam, now standardized as 北部湾 (Běibùwān). Modern Chinese journalism almost always means sense (1).

Stroke Order

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jīng
wān