斯当东

Traditional form:

斯當東

Pinyin (reading):

Sīdāngdōng

Definitions:

• Staunton (name)
• Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, the second-in-command of the Macartney Mission of 1793

Characters:

• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 东 - east, eastern, eastward

Traditional characters:

• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 東 - east, eastern, eastward