东西 dōngxī

HSK level

Traditional form

東西

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

东 Dōng

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a basket or a bag. The current meaning "east" is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 东 Dōng was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 東 dōng .

Positional decomposition

⿻七小

Number of Strokes

西 Xī

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Origin unclear. Variously explained as a bag or bird's nest.

Positional decomposition

⿻兀囗

Number of Strokes

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饭菜 fàn cài 而外,她 tā 还 Huán 得 dé 吃 chī 零 líng 食 shí , 肚子 dùzi 越 Yuè 显形 xiǎn xíng ,她 tā 就 jiù 觉得 juéde 越须多 duō 吃 chī 好 hǎo 东西 dōngxī ;不能 bù néng 亏着嘴 zuǐ .

Aside from meals, Tigress had to eat between them.

我 wǒ 有 yǒu 点 diǎn 东西 dōngxī , 这 zhè 一次 yī cì 全 Quán 丢 diū 了 le .

I used to have some things, but now they've all been lost.

赶快 gǎnkuài 把 bǎ 东西 dōngxī 装 zhuāng 进 jìn 你们 nǐ men 的 de 包 Bāo 里 lǐ , 5分钟 fēnzhōng 后 Hòu 我们 wǒmen 就 jiù 走 zǒu .

Pack your bags and make It'snappy; we leave in five minutes.

我 wǒ 们 men 吃 chī 点 diǎn 东西 dōngxī 吧 bā ; 我 wǒ 饿 è 坏 huài 了 le .

Let's get something to eat; I'm starving.

爱情 àiqíng 是 shì 真实 zhēnshí 的 de —— 最 zuì 真实 zhēnshí 、最 zuì 持久 chíjiǔ 的 de —— 是 shì 我们 wǒmen 所 suǒ 知道 zhīdào 的最甜 tián 也 Yě 最 zuì 苦 kǔ 的 de 东西 dōngxī .

Love is real - the most real, the most lasting - the sweetest and yet the bitterest thing we know.

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 东西 dōngxī and their own compounds.

东 Dōng

西 Xī

兀 wù

一 yī , 儿 ér

口 kǒu

See all 208 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 东西 dōngxī in their composition.

东 Dōng

冻 dòng , 陈 Chén , 栋 dòng , 鸫 dōng , 岽 dōng , 胨 dòng

西 Xī

晒 shài

酉 yǒu

酋 qiú

尊 zūn

遵 zūn , 蹲 dūn , 鳟 zūn , 樽 zūn , 鐏, 鱒 zūn , 僔 zǔn , 噂 zǔn , 墫 zūn , 壿 zūn , 撙 zǔn , 燇 jùn , 嶟, 澊, 竴, 繜, 罇, 譐

奠 diàn , 遒 qiú , 猶 yóu , 楢 yóu , 猷 yóu , 蝤 qiú , 輶, 鞧 qiū , 揂, 湭, 煪, 禉, 緧, 蠤, 趥, 鰌

醮 jiào

蘸 zhàn

釁 xìn

酒 jiǔ , 醒 xǐng , 配 pèi , 酷 kù , 醉 zuì , 酱 jiàng , 酸 suān , 酪 lào , 酬 chóu , 酗 xù , 醋 cù , 醇 chún , 酿 niàng , 醺 xūn , 酥 sū , 酮 tóng , 酶 méi , 酯 zhǐ , 酊 dīng , 酝 yùn , 酵 jiào , 酩 mǐng , 酌 zhuó , 酚 fēn , 醛 quán , 醍 tí , 酣 hān , 醚 mí , 醐 hú , 酞 tài , 莤, 醌 kūn , 酐 gān , 醢 hǎi , 酰 xiān , 醣 táng , 恓 xī , 槱 yǒu , 歠 chuò , 氥 xī , 酎 zhòu , 酏 yǐ , 酔 zuì , 酕 máo , 酖 zhèn , 酡 tuó , 酢 cù , 酤 gū , 酦 fā , 酲 chéng
酴 tú , 酹 lèi , 酺 pú , 酽 yàn , 酾 shāi , 醁 lù , 醄 táo , 醅 pēi , 醆 zhǎn , 醊 chuò , 醑 xǔ , 醓 tǎn , 醖 yùn , 醝 cuó , 醟 yòng , 醡 zhà , 醤 jiàng , 醨 lí , 醪 láo , 醭 bú , 醯 xī , 醰 tán , 醲, 醳 yì , 醴 lǐ , 醵 jù , 醸 niàng , 醹 rú , 醽 líng , 醾 mí , 釂 jiào , 偤, 唒, 媨, 崷, 庮, 廼, 徆, 拪 qiān , 毢, 絤, 綇, 蒏, 跴, 輏, 逎, 酑, 酘, 酙, 酛
酜, 酟, 酠, 酧, 酨, 酫, 酭, 酳, 酻, 酼, 醀, 醂, 醃 yān , 醈, 醎, 醏, 醔, 醕, 醗, 醘, 醙, 醜 chǒu , 醞 yùn , 醠, 醥, 醦, 醧, 醩, 醫 yī , 醬 jiàng , 醱 fā , 醶, 醷, 醻, 醼, 醿, 釀 niàng , 釃, 釄, 釅, 閪, 鯂