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Dōng

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Dōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Dōng | Dong1
English translation
surname Dong
east
host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
landlord
east, eastern, eastward

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About Dōng

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

dōng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

Simplified form of  dōng , the sun  rising behind a tree 

Etymology of Dōng

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

七小

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using Dōng

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chén yáng 哪里 nǎ lǐ yǒu mài 通化 Tōng huà 东宝 Dōng bǎo 生产 shēngchǎn de 胰岛素 yí dǎo sù ?

Does Shenyang where have the insulin that sells a Hua Dongbao production?

饭菜 fàn cài 而外, Huán chī líng shí , 肚子 dùzi Yuè 显形 xiǎn xíng , jiù 觉得 juéde 越须 duō chī hǎo 东西 dōngxī ;不能 bù néng 亏着 zuǐ .

Aside from meals, Tigress had to eat between them.

yǒu diǎn 东西 dōngxī , zhè 一次 yī cì Quán diū le .

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

赶快 gǎnkuài 东西 dōngxī zhuāng jìn 你们 nǐ men de Bāo , 5分钟 fēnzhōng Hòu 我们 wǒmen jiù zǒu .

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

dàn 照片 zhàopiàn 出来 chū lái , Huán zhēn de yǒu diǎn Dōng Shī de 风范 fēng fàn .

But the picture wash out, really have a bit east Shi demeanor.

Words with Dōng

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character Dōng in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
东西 dōngxī thing東西
Dōng east dōng
股东 gǔdōng shareholder股東
广东 Guǎng dōng Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name yuè | yuè [Yuè], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州 Guǎng zhōu 廣東
山东 Shān dōng Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. |, capital 濟南|济南 Jǐ nán 山東
东方 Dōng fāng the East東方
东北 Dōng běi Manchuria東北
东京 Dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan東京
东部 dōng bù the east東部
毛泽东 Máo Zé dōng Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader毛澤東
广东省 Guǎng dōng shěng Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name yuè | yuè [Yuè], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州 Guǎng zhōu 廣東省
股东大会 gǔ dōng dà huì general shareholders' meeting股東大會
毛泽东思想 Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎng Maoism毛澤東思想
中东 Zhōng dōng Middle East中東
山东省 Shān dōng Shěng Shandong Province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. |[Lǔ], capital Ji'nan 濟南|济南 Jǐ nán [Jǐ​nán]山東省
东南 dōng nán southeast東南
东莞 Dōng guǎn Dongguan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省 Guǎng dōng shěng [Guǎng​dōng​shěng]東莞
东南亚 Dōng nán yà Southeast Asia東南亞
东亚 Dōng yà East Asia東亞
房东 fángdōng landlord房東
东海 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea東海
东盟 Dōng Méng ASEAN東盟
浦东 Pǔ dōng Pudong, subprovincial district of Shanghai浦東
安东尼 Ān dōng ní Anthony (name)安東尼
远东 Yuǎn dōng Far East (loanword)遠東

Dōng Decomposition & Compounds

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Dōng Compounds

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