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East in Chinese

east · HSK 3

东 dōng

往东走两百米就到了。 Walk two hundred meters east and you'll be there.

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How do you say east in Chinese?

East in Chinese is 东 (dōng). You can also say 东方 (dōng fāng), 东部 (dōng bù).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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