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(Trad.: 東)
Pinyin: dōng
English Definition: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
Chinese Definition:
①方向,太阳出升的一边,与“西”相对:东方。东经(本初子午线以东的经度或经线)。东山再起(喻失势之后,重新恢复地位)。付诸东流。
②主人(古代主位在东,宾位在西):房东。股东。东道主(泛指请客的主人,亦称“东道”、“作东”)。
③姓氏。
Antonyms: 西
Total strokes: 5; Radical:
Pictographic: Simplified form of 東, the sun rising behind a tree
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Example Words
广东 guǎng dōng Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name , capital Guangzhou 广州
山东 shān dōng Shandong, province in northeast China, short name , capital Jinan 济南
东西 dōng xi thing; stuff; person; Classifiers:
东北 dōng běi Northeast China; Manchuria
东北 dōng běi northeast
More: 东* | *东 | *东*
Example Sentences
1
It's my treat today.
2
1974
访
It was in that world that I visited East Berlin as a student in 1974.
3
西
If you need to find your bearings on a sunny day, you can find north, east, south and west by using the shadow and stick method.
4
The wind chopped around to the east.
5
西
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.