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东

dōng

east, eastern, eastward

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Strokes
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Radical
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Tone
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Traditional form: 東

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Example sentences

  • 这是什么东西?

    Zhè shì shén me dōng xi

    What the hell is this?

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  • 有人在吃东西。

    Yǒu rén zài chī dōng xi

    Somebody is eating.

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  • 你会东山再起的。

    Nǐ huì dōng shān zài qǐ de

    You'll bounce back.

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  • 我正在吃东西。

    Wǒ zhèng zài chī dōng xi

    I'm eating.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 东

  • 东西dōng xi 1–5thing; stuff; person
  • 东dōng 1east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
  • 东边dōng bian 1–5east; east side; eastern part; to the east of
  • 东方dōng fāng 1–1 east
  • 东北dōng běi 1–3 northeast
  • 东南dōng nán 1–2 southeast
  • 东部dōng bù 1–4 the east; eastern part
  • 房东fáng dōng 2–1 landlord
  • 股东gǔ dōng 3–1 shareholder; stockholder
  • 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàng 1–1–1–4to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
  • 东道主dōng dào zhǔ 1–4–3host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
  • 做东zuò dōng 4–1 to act as host