East Asianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌiːst ˈeɪʒn/,

/ˌiːst ˈeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌist ˈeɪʒən/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: east adj., Asian adj.

Etymology: < east adj. + Asian adj., after East Asia, a name given to the eastern part of Asia.

A. adj.

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of East Asia (esp. the area now comprising China and Japan) or its peoples; (also) descended from people from East Asia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > [adjective] > region of

South Asian1821

Central Asian1840

Ural-Altaic1853

East Asian1860

Uralic1861

Uralo-Altaic1867

South-east Asian1898

1860 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1857–60 4 131 Far more Eastern American species or types are represented in Eastern Asia, than of Western American in Europe..; thus pointing to..a former homogeneousness of the temperate American and East-Asian floras.

1873 Galaxy Aug. 191 The English and the east Asian languages have one important affinity which it is interesting to consider. It is their lack of inflections.

1925 J. C. Phillips Nat. Hist. Ducks III. 74 The Mandarin [duck] is a strictly East Asian species.

1980 Economist 9 Feb. 69/2 The durability of Confucianism..was due in part to the ‘isolation’ of the east Asian peoples.

1986 Toronto Star 12 Jan. h5 They blitz selected ridings, signing up hundreds of new members from Italian, Portuguese and East Asian communities, making sure they attend the riding meetings to elect candidates.

2015 J. Warren Nature of Crops vii. 124 Within Japanese and East Asian cuisine, edamame (cooked green soybeans pods) remain a highly popular dish.

B. n.

A native or inhabitant of East Asia, or a person of East Asian origin or descent.

ΚΠ

1908 Sat. Rev. 14 Nov. 614/1 The main conclusions arrived at are that there is a great poverty of knowledge and understanding of what our author terms ‘East Asians’ in America.

1947 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Univ. Professors 33 712 Why have the languages of the East Asians been neglected before and even today?

2020 Daily 49er (Calif. State Univ.) (Nexis) 16 Sept. (Opinions section) 1 The label ‘Asian American’ is too broad to encompass all of the disparate identities of South Asians, East Asians, and South East Asians.

Compounds

East Asian miracle n. the rapid economic growth of certain East Asian countries in the second half of the 20th cent.; cf. Asian miracle n. at Asian n. and adj. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1984 Economist 21 Apr. 14/1 Useful though such schemes are, they pale beside the other reasons for doubting that Zimbabwe will export its way to [a situation similar to] an East Asian miracle.

2015 T. J. Pempel & K. Tsunekawa Two Crises, Different Outcomes 223 Close business-government ties fused with rising production levels and an expanding global market to generate the ‘East Asian miracle’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	east asian
释义	East Asianadj.n. Brit. /ˌiːst ˈeɪʒn/, /ˌiːst ˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌist ˈeɪʒən/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: east adj., Asian adj. Etymology: < east adj. + Asian adj., after East Asia, a name given to the eastern part of Asia. A. adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of East Asia (esp. the area now comprising China and Japan) or its peoples; (also) descended from people from East Asia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > [adjective] > region of South Asian1821 Central Asian1840 Ural-Altaic1853 East Asian1860 Uralic1861 Uralo-Altaic1867 South-east Asian1898 1860 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1857–60 4 131 Far more Eastern American species or types are represented in Eastern Asia, than of Western American in Europe..; thus pointing to..a former homogeneousness of the temperate American and East-Asian floras. 1873 Galaxy Aug. 191 The English and the east Asian languages have one important affinity which it is interesting to consider. It is their lack of inflections. 1925 J. C. Phillips Nat. Hist. Ducks III. 74 The Mandarin [duck] is a strictly East Asian species. 1980 Economist 9 Feb. 69/2 The durability of Confucianism..was due in part to the ‘isolation’ of the east Asian peoples. 1986 Toronto Star 12 Jan. h5 They blitz selected ridings, signing up hundreds of new members from Italian, Portuguese and East Asian communities, making sure they attend the riding meetings to elect candidates. 2015 J. Warren Nature of Crops vii. 124 Within Japanese and East Asian cuisine, edamame (cooked green soybeans pods) remain a highly popular dish. B. n. A native or inhabitant of East Asia, or a person of East Asian origin or descent. ΚΠ 1908 Sat. Rev. 14 Nov. 614/1 The main conclusions arrived at are that there is a great poverty of knowledge and understanding of what our author terms ‘East Asians’ in America. 1947 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Univ. Professors 33 712 Why have the languages of the East Asians been neglected before and even today? 2020 Daily 49er (Calif. State Univ.) (Nexis) 16 Sept. (Opinions section) 1 The label ‘Asian American’ is too broad to encompass all of the disparate identities of South Asians, East Asians, and South East Asians. Compounds East Asian miracle n. the rapid economic growth of certain East Asian countries in the second half of the 20th cent.; cf. Asian miracle n. at Asian n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1984 Economist 21 Apr. 14/1 Useful though such schemes are, they pale beside the other reasons for doubting that Zimbabwe will export its way to [a situation similar to] an East Asian miracle. 2015 T. J. Pempel & K. Tsunekawa Two Crises, Different Outcomes 223 Close business-government ties fused with rising production levels and an expanding global market to generate the ‘East Asian miracle’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1860
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