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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
the east / eastern part
HSK 3
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)
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
East Asia
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
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *東* | 東* | *東
surname Dong
Northeast China; Manchuria
(coll.) thing / item / stuff
East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
Dongcheng, a district of central Beijing
Dongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw)
Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian
Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan / Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
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
(literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan
Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
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
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
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
east longitude
Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light
Eastern Orthodox Church
owner (e.g. of a shop)
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 talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
Donghai county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, Jiangsu
Dongbao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市, Hubei
Dongfang City, Hainan
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about
East India Company
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Dongchangfu district of Liaocheng city 聊城市, Shandong
Dongxiang or East village (place name) / Donxiang (ethnic group) / Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Dongying district of Dongying city 東營市|东营市, Shandong
Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)
two-character surname Dongguo
son-in-law
East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Chinese dissident group / abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织
Donggang district of Rizhao city 日照市, Shandong
East African Rift Valley
east side (of sth)
Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Donggang, county-level city in Dandong 丹東|丹东, Liaoning
the Eastern Hemisphere / the Old World
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Dongliao county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin
Dongyang, county-level city in Jinhua 金華市|金华市, Zhejiang
Dongfeng county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin
Dongguang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
Dongsheng District of Ordos City 鄂爾多斯市|鄂尔多斯市, Inner Mongolia
Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Dongliao county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
east, south, west and north / all directions
East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Quarter, where foreign diplomatic missions were located during the period 1861-1959
Dongtai, county-level city in Yancheng 鹽城市|盐城市, Jiangsu
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420
Japan (old) / East Asian countries
punitive expedition to the east

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