What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 东方 mean?

东方 dōngfāng

east

It can also mean

  • the East; the Orient
  • surname Dongfang

Its characters

  1. 东 dōng east
  2. 方 fāng square

In a sentence

太阳从东方升起。 The sun rises in the east.

很久很久以前,在东方遥远的大海之中,有一座美丽的高山,叫做花果山。

From 美猴王 · The Handsome Monkey King

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