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thing / stuff / person / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *東* | 東* | *東
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
east
HSK 2
southeast
HSK 2
northeast
HSK 2
landlord
HSK 3
the east / eastern part
HSK 3
shareholder / stockholder
HSK 6
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about / to hopscotch / also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠
HSK 7-9
Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC from 1900-1952) / Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan since 1954)
Middle East
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
Eastern Europe
Far East (loanword)
East Asia
Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城, Shandong
(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources
Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
Pingtung County in south Taiwan
easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
east and west
Southeast Asia
Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
Huidong county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *東* | 東* | *東
surname Dong
Jingdong, Chinese e-commerce company
Northeast China; Manchuria
(coll.) thing / item / stuff
East China
Pingtung City in south Taiwan
Lingdong district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山, Heilongjiang
Anthony (name)
Yadong county, Tibetan: Gro mo rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
Dongcheng, a district of central Beijing
to do one's shopping
Dongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Qidong, county-level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw)
Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 / Kantō region of Japan
general shareholders' meeting
Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan / Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Henry Ying-tung Fok (1913-2006), Hong Kong tycoon with close PRC connections
Hengdong county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳, Hunan
Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)
Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian / Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县, Taiwan
Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Taitung County in southeast Taiwan
Hedong district of Linyi city 臨沂市|临沂市, Shandong
(literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan
Pudong, a district of Shanghai to the east of the Huangpu River, full name 浦東新區|浦东新区
Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Liaodong Peninsula
Tungkang town in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
Dongbao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市, Hubei
Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan
Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Dongxing district of Neijiang city 內江市|内江市, Sichuan / Dongxing, county-level city in Fangchenggang 防城港, Guangxi
Tokyo Bay / former name of 北部灣|北部湾, Gulf of Tonkin
East Africa
eastwards
boss's son / young master; young boss
Dongshan district (Uighur: Dungsen Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang / Dongshan district of Hegang city 鶴崗|鹤岗, Heilongjiang
ship owner
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
Dongfeng county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin
to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom) / to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
east longitude
Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
to go separate ways (idiom) / to part ways with sb / Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1]
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
Weidong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
Badong County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei
(derog.) old fool / old bastard
(derog.) to be a good-for-nothing / worthless nobody / no-good
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light
bastard / scoundrel / rogue
Eastern Orthodox Church
owner (e.g. of a shop)
Qidong, county-level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省, Jilin Province 吉林省 and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
to act as host
Tiandong county in Baise 百色, Guangxi

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