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东西

Word definition:

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Pīnyīn
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HSK
thing / stuff / person / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
east and west

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *东* | 东* | *东
5画
east, eastern, eastward
4090
KD
西
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 *西* | 西* | *西
6画
west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
1060.0
MCW

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
西
east and west
西
thing / stuff / person / CL: 個|个,
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
surname Dong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
 西
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *西* | 西* | *西
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish
 西
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *西* | 西* | *西
west