东三省

Traditional form:

東三省

Pinyin (reading):

Dōngsān Shěng

Definitions:

• the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省／辽宁省 ( Liáoníng Shěng), Jilin Province 吉林省 ( Jílín Shěng) and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省／黑龙江省 ( Hēilóngjiāng Shěng)

Characters:

• 东 - east, eastern, eastward
• 三 - three
• 省 - province; frugal; to save, to leave out

Traditional characters:

• 東 - east, eastern, eastward
• 三 - three
• 省 - province; frugal; to save, to leave out