Pronunciation
:
Meaning
:
(noun) thing, stuff
HSK
:
1
东
西
Pronunciation
:
Meaning
:
(noun) east
(noun) master; owner
(noun) host
Radical
:
一
Strokes
:
5
Pronunciation
:
Meaning
:
(noun) west
(noun) occidental; western
(noun) 东西 – things
Radical
:
西
Strokes
:
6
Traditional
:
西
Notes
:
东西 (dōng xi) : means east and west, and also means things
Sentences:
把东西包起来。
Wrap the things up.
把
:
(preposition) marking the following noun as a direct object
东西
:
things
包起来
:
wrap up
桌子上有很多东西。
There are many things on the table.
桌子
:
table
上
:
on
有
:
have
很多
:
a lot of
东西
:
things
我去商店买点东西。
I’m going to the store to buy something.
我
:
I
去
:
go
商店
:
store
买
:
buy
点
:
some
东西
:
things
这些东西是谁的？
Whose things are these?
这些
:
these
东西
:
things
是
:
is
谁
:
who
的
:
[possessive particle]
别乱扔东西。
Don’t throw things around.
别
:
don’t
乱
:
randomly
扔
:
throw
东西
:
things
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