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东西

dōngxi

Traditional: 東西

thing

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Meaning of 东西 in English

dōngxiHSK 1nounSyllabus #40
  1. thing
  2. stuff
  3. person

Measure word: 个 · 件

Example sentences

  1. 拿走你喜欢的任何东西。
    ná zǒu nǐ xǐ huān de rèn hé dōng xī。
    Take anything you like.
    Tatoeba #9969118 by GlossaMatik · #2452025 by sharptoothed · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 美貌只是表面性的东西。
    měi mào zhǐ shì biǎo miàn xìng de dōng xī。
    Beauty is but skin deep.
    Tatoeba #462034 by fucongcong · #318157 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 美貌只是表面性的东西。
    měi mào zhǐ shì biǎo miàn xìng de dōng xī。
    Beauty is only skin deep.
    Tatoeba #462034 by fucongcong · #1507611 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

东 on its own →
dōng · east

HSK words with 东

东HSK 3东北HSK 3东方HSK 3东南HSK 3东部HSK 4房东HSK 4股东HSK 7–9东道主HSK 7–9东奔西走HSK 7–9东张西望HSK 7–9

HSK words with 西

西HSK 3西北HSK 3西方HSK 3西瓜HSK 3西南HSK 3西部HSK 4西红柿HSK 4西餐HSK 5西装HSK 5东奔西走HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences