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東
(Simplified: 东)
HSK 3
Pinyin:
dōng
English Definition:
east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
Antonyms:
西
Total strokes:
8;
Radical:
木
Ideographic
: The sun
日
rising behind a tree
木
; compare
西
Character Formation:
⿻
Overlaid
木
[
mù
]
tree; wood, lumber; wooden
日
[
rì
]
sun; day; daytime
Animate
Example Words:
東西
[
dōng
xī
]: east and west
東西
[
dōng
xi
]: thing; stuff; person; Classifiers:
个
房東
[
fáng
dōng
]: landlord
東張西望
[
dōng
zhāng
xī
wàng
]: to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
東道主
[
dōng
dào
zhǔ
]: host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
More:
東*
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*東
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*東*
Example Sentences
jīn
tiān
今天
shì
是
wǒ
我
de
的
dōng
東
。
It's my treat today.
yào
要
duì
對
zhè
這
yī
一
wèn
tí
問題
zuò
chū
作出
shì
dàng
適當
de
的
huí
dá
回答
bì
xū
必須
cóng
從
zhè
這
yī
shì
一事
shí
chū
實出
fā
發
：
wú
lùn
無論
shì
是
nǎ
lǐ
哪裏
de
的
rén
人
，
wú
lùn
無論
tā
他
lái
zì
來自
dōng
東
，
xī
西
，
nán
南
，
běi
北
，
dà
tǐ
shàng
大體上
dōu
都
shì
是
yí
yàng
一樣
de
的
。
A proper answer to this question must start from the fact that wherever we go – East, West, North, or South – people are all much the same.
jiǎ
rú
假如
kùn
nan
困難
shì
是
nǐ
你
dōng
東
qiáng
shàng
牆上
de
的
yī
一
shān
扇
xīn
kāi
新開
de
的
chuāng
hu
窗戶
，
nà
那
nǐ
你
zěn
me
bàn
怎麼辦
ne
呢
？
What if trouble should be a new window in the Eastern wall of your house?
fēng
xiàng
風向
tū
rán
突然
zhuàn
轉
dōng
東
。
The wind chopped around to the east.
1974
nián
年
，
zhèng
shì
正是
zài
在
zhè
yàng
這樣
yí
gè
一個
shì
jiè
世界
zhōng
中
，
wǒ
我
zuò
wéi
作爲
xué
sheng
學生
fǎng
wèn
訪問
le
了
dōng
bǎi
lín
東柏林
。
It was in that world that I visited East Berlin as a student in 1974.
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