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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
thing / stuff / person / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
southeast
HSK 2
east
HSK 2
northeast
HSK 2
the east / eastern part
HSK 3
landlord
HSK 3
shareholder / stockholder
HSK 6
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
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
Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC)
Dongxiang or East village (place name) / Donxiang (ethnic group) / Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
East Asia
Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Southeast Asia
Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player
Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
San Antonio, Texas
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
surname Dong
east and west
Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan
Dongchangfu district of Liaocheng city 聊城市, Shandong
East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
Japan (old) / East Asian countries
two-character surname Dongguo
Dongying, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
east west south north
Hengdong county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳, Hunan
register of shareholders
to chat about this and that / to talk about anything and everything
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
owner (e.g. of a shop)
Southeast University
East China
Qidong county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳, Hunan
East China University of Science and Technology
to go separate ways (idiom) / to part ways with sb / Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1]
Jingdong, Chinese e-commerce company
Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
Weidong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision
Pudong, a district of Shanghai to the east of the Huangpu River, full name 浦東新區|浦东新区
Dongguang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
Luodong or Lotong Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420
Dongjiang River
(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
Northeast China; Manchuria
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Jindong district of Jinhua city 金華市|金华市, Zhejiang
Oriental Daily News
Middle East
eastwards
Huidong, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
Hedong district of Linyi city 臨沂市|临沂市, Shandong
Eastern and Western culture
see 海東市|海东市 / (also can refer to Liaodong, the Korean Peninsula, Bohai or Japan, depending on the historical context)
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Toshiba, Japanese electronics company
Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948
East Germany (1945-1990) / German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国
punitive expedition to the east
Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Dongbao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市, Hubei
Badong County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei
(literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan
east, south, west and north / all directions
east side (of sth)
Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
Anthony (name)
east side / east face
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
East Africa
east longitude
Dongzhou district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan
Yadong county, Tibetan: Gro mo rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
Dongchang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin
Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan / Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Dongsheng District of Ordos City 鄂爾多斯市|鄂尔多斯市, Inner Mongolia
Taidong or Taitung city and county in Taiwan

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