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HSK 1 - Easy
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東西 (东西)

dōng xi

Definition

  1. thing
    我在商店買了很多東西.
    I bought a lot of things at the store.
  2. stuff (concrete)
  3. item
  4. something
    我想吃東西。
    I want to eat something.
  5. person
  6. creature (referring to a person or an animal)
    這小東西真可愛.
    What an adorable little creature!
  7. east (and) west

Other pronunciations

東西 dōng xī
  1. East and West

Character Decomposition

東
=
木
+
日
西
=
兀
+
囗

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