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西方

Xī fāng

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

西方 (xī fāng) means "the west; the West". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 西方 means

1. the West
2. the Occident
3. Western countries

The characters in 西方

• 西xīwest
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright

Example sentences

• 西方文化很看重个人。
  Individuality is very important in the West.

Words starting with 西方

• 西方人Xī fāng rénWesterner; Occidental
• 西方极乐世界xī fāng jí lè shì jièWestern Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit)
• 西方松鸡xī fāng sōng jī(bird species of China) western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
• 西方秧鸡xī fāng yāng jī(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)
• 西方滨鹬xī fāng bīn yù(bird species of China) western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
• 西方狍xī fāng páoroe deer; capreolus capreolus
• 西方马脑炎病毒xī fāng mǎ nǎo yán bìng dúwestern equine encephalitis (WEE) virus

Words containing 西方

• 东西方dōng xī fāngeast and west; east to west
• 东西方文化dōng xī fāng wén huàEastern and Western culture
• 东方不亮西方亮dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàngif it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom)…

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