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东

dōng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 東

What 东 means

1. east
2. host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
3. landlord

Other readings

东 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Dōngsurname Dong

Example sentences

• 来广东玩吗
  Lái Guǎngdōng wán ma
  Is your coming to Guangdong a pleasure trip?
• 她偷东西。
  She steals.
• 混帐东西！
  You're a bastard!
• 我想去东京。
  I want to go to Tokyo.
• 我住在东京。
  I live in Tokyo.
• 我来自东京。
  I'm from Tokyo.

Words starting with 东

• 东西dōng xithing; stuff; person
• 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàngto look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
• 东道主dōng dào zhǔhost; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
• 东北dōng běinortheast
• 东京Dōng jīngTokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
• 东边dōng bianeast; east side; eastern part
• 东南dōng nánsoutheast
• 东部dōng bùthe east; eastern part
• 东风dōng fēngeasterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
• 东南亚Dōng nán yàSoutheast Asia
• 东亚Dōng yàEast Asia
• 东海Dōng HǎiEast China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
• 东欧Dōng ŌuEastern Europe
• 东城区Dōng chéng QūDongcheng, a district of central Beijing
• 东侧dōng cèeast side; east face
• 东面dōng miàneast side (of sth)
• 东方dōng fāngeast
• 东盟Dōng méngASEAN (abbr. for 东南亚国家联盟
• 东区Dōng QūDong District or Dongqu, a district of Panzhihua City 攀枝花市
• 东家dōng jiāmaster (i.e. employer); landlord; boss
• 东大Dōng dà(slang) China
• 东西方dōng xī fāngeast and west; east to west
• 东汉Dōng hànEastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
• 东直门Dōng zhí ménDongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing

Words containing 东

• 房东fáng dōnglandlord
• 股东gǔ dōngshareholder; stockholder
• 毛泽东Máo Zé dōngMao Zedong (1893–1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935–1976
• 做东zuò dōngto act as host
• 中东Zhōng dōngMiddle East
• 广东省Guǎng dōng ShěngGuangdong Province, capital Guangzhou 广州市
• 山东省Shān dōng ShěngShandong Province, capital Jinan 济南市
• 浦东Pǔ dōngPudong, a district of Shanghai to the east of the Huangpu River, full name 浦东新区
• 毛泽东思想Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎngMao Zedong Thought
• 远东Yuǎn dōngFar East (loanword)
• 华东Huá dōngEast China
• 广东人Guǎng dōng rénCantonese (people)
• 以东yǐ dōngto the east of (suffix)
• 广东话Guǎng dōng huàCantonese language
• 河东Hé dōngHedong district of Linyi city 临沂市
• 苏东坡Sū Dōng pōSu Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
• 股东大会gǔ dōng dà huìgeneral shareholders' meeting
• 山东大学Shān dōng Dà xuéShandong University
• 郝海东Hǎo Hǎi dōngHao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player
• 辽东Liáo dōngLiaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea; east and south of Liaoning province…
• 关东Guān dōngNortheast China; Manchuria; lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海关
• 各奔东西gè bèn dōng xīto go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with sb; Taiwan pr. gè bēn dōng xī
• 老东西lǎo dōng xi(derog.) old fool; old bastard
• 台东Tái dōngTaidong or Taitung city and county in Taiwan

Characters that look like 东

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 车chēcar; vehicle; machine
• 乐lèhappy; cheerful; to laugh
• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east
• 朱zhūvermilion
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 亥hài12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the…

Sounds the same

Read dōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冬winter
• 咚(onomatopoeia) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
• 氡radon (chemistry)
• 鸫thrush (bird of genus Turdus)
• 崠name of a mountain
• 涷rainstorm
• 岽place name in Guangxi province
• 𬟽used in 䗖𬟽dì dōng