东西

東西

dōng xi

HSK 1freq #226

Meanings

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dōng xi

1.thing
2.stuff
3.person
4.CL:个[gè],件[jiàn]

dōng xī

1.east and west

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Wiktionary

1.east and west
2.nearby; vicinity
3.everywhere
4.seventy to eighty years old
5.from east to west
6.thing; stuff; something (Classifier: 個／个; 件; 樣／样)
7.Referring to a person or animal with emotion.

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Etymology

; "thing; stuff"

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Stroke order

Components

东七小

西兀囗

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Characters

Example sentences

我想吃点东西。
I'd like something to eat.
你最好吃点东西
You'd better eat something.
我正在吃东西。
I'm eating.
有人在吃东西。
Somebody is eating.
你在吃东西吗？
Have you been eating?
你有东西吃吗？
Do you have anything to eat?

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Synonyms

物物件兒黃子東兒物兒家私家伙物件東子搞子嘢閒嘢功夫物事物二二事契乇物仔前後零細物乇貨物色名堂把戲買賣物品

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Derived terms

古今東西古今东西東西南北东西南北不是東西不是东西小東西小东西老東西老东西

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Related words

老东西 (derog.) old fool 坏东西 bastard 东西德 East and West Germany 狗东西 scumbag; scoundrel 买东西 to do one's shopping 东西宽 east-west distance 东西周 Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC)东西方 east and west 东西湖 see 东西湖区[Dōng xī hú Qū]两样东西 two distinct things 各奔东西 to go separate ways (idiom)东西湖区 Dongxihu, a district of Wuhan City 武汉市[Wǔ hàn Shì], Hubei