Meanings
adjectiveEast Asian (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to East Asia.
Synonyms: Oriental Asian, Sinesian, Sinaean, Sinaic
nounEast Asian (plural East Asians)
plural East Asians
- A person from East Asia.
Synonyms: Eastern Asian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, from, or pertaining to East Asia.
nounA person from East Asia.
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Chinese Mandarin 東亞的 /东亚的, 東亞人 /东亚人
- 東亞的 /东亚的 (Dōngyà de)of, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- 東亞人 /东亚人 (Dōngyàrén)a person from East Asia
Danish østasiatisk, østasiat
- østasiatiskof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- østasiata person from East Asia
- østasiatera person from East Asia
Finnish itäaasialainen, itäaasialainen
- itäaasialainenof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- itäaasialainena person from East Asia
French est-asiatique, Est-Asiatique
- est-asiatiqueof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- Est-Asiatiquea person from East Asia
German ostasiatisch, Ostasiat
- ostasiatischof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- Ostasiata person from East Asia
- Ostasiatina person from East Asia
Hindi पूर्वी एशिया, पूर्वी एशियाई
- पूर्वी एशिया (pūrvī eśiyā)of, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- पूर्वी एशियाई (pūrvī eśiyāī)a person from East Asia
Hungarian kelet-ázsiai, kelet-ázsiai
- kelet-ázsiaiof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- kelet-ázsiaia person from East Asia
Icelandic austurasískur, Austur-Asíumaður
- austurasískurof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- Austur-Asíumaðura person from East Asia
- Austur-Asíubúia person from East Asia
Japanese 東アジア人
- 東アジア人 (Higashi Ajiajin)a person from East Asia
Korean 동양인, 동(東)아시아인
- 동양인 (Dong'yang'in)a person from East Asia
- 동(東)아시아인 (Dong'asiain)a person from East Asia
Norwegian Bokmål østasiatisk
- østasiatiskof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
Polish wschodnioazjatycki, Wschodni Azjata
- wschodnioazjatyckiof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- Wschodni Azjataa person from East Asia
- Wschodnia Azjatkaa person from East Asia
Russian восточноазиа́тский, восточноазиат
- восточноазиа́тский (vostočnoaziátskij)of, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- восточноазиат (vostočnoaziat)a person from East Asia
Spanish asiático oriental, asiático oriental
- asiático orientalof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- asiático orientala person from East Asia
- asiática orientala person from East Asia
Swedish östasiatisk, ostasiatisk
- östasiatiskof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- ostasiatiskof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- östasiata person from East Asia
- ostasiata person from East Asia
Turkish Doğu Asyalı, Doğu Asyalı
- Doğu Asyalıof, from, or pertaining to East Asia
- Doğu Asyalıa person from East Asia
Urdu مشرقی ایشیائی
- مشرقی ایشیائی (maśriqī eśiyāī)of, from, or pertaining to East Asia
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APA
East Asian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Asian
MLA
“East Asian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Asian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “East Asian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Asian.
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