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东张西望

东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng

东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dōngzhāngxīwàng | dong1 zhang1 xi1 wang4
English translation
to look in all directions (idiom)
to glance around

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Read some general information about the Chinese word 东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng .

HSK level

6

Traditional form

東張西望

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng
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Etymology of 东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng .

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

5

张 Zhāng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of 張 zhāng . Phonosemantic compound. 弓 gōng represents the meaning and 長 zhǎng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

长 cháng

Semantic compound

弓 gōng

Positional decomposition

⿰弓长

Number of Strokes

7

西 Xī

Type

pictographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

⿻兀囗

Number of Strokes

6

望 wàng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person standing up (𡈼) and gazing at the moon (月 yuè ). 亡 wáng is a sound component that was added later.

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰亡月王

Number of Strokes

11

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