東: East

 

東 [东] dōng

noun
: east

Kun Reading

東 | ひがし higashi

noun
: east

東 | あずま azuma

noun
: east

 Usage:

東[东]西 dong1xi1: things; person
[東西 | とうざい touzai: east & west]

東[东]南 dong1nan2: southeast [東南 | とうなん tounan]

東[东]方dong1fang1: the East; Eastern countries; the Orient
[とうほう touhou OR ひがしかた higashikata: eastern direction; the Orient]

東風 [东风] dong1feng1: easterly wind
[東風 | こち kochi: east wind; spring wind]

東[东]京dong1jing1: Tokyo [東京 | とうきょう Toukyou]

東[东]北 dong1bei3: northeast; Northeast China; Manchuria
[とうほく tohoku: north-east: Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)]

東[东]部 dong1bu4: the east; eastern part
[東部 | とうぶ toubu: eastern part; the east (of a region)]

東[东]南西北 dong1 nan2 xi1 bei3: east, south, west and north; all directions

[東西南北 | とうざいなんぼく touzai nanhoku: east, west, south and north]

中東[东] zhong1dong1: Middle East
[なかひがし nakahigashi OR なかとう nakatou OR ちゅうとう chuutou]

房東[东] fang2dong1: landlord

[家主 | やぬし yanushi OR いえぬし ienushi: landlord OR 大屋 | おおや ooya: landlord; landlady]

財東 [财东] cai2 dong1: shop owner; moneybags

股東[东] gu3dong1: shareholder; stockholder

[株主 | かぶぬし kabunushi: shareholder; stockholder]

做東[东] zuo4dong1: to act as host

廣東[广东] guang3dong1: Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵, capital Guangzhou 廣州

山東[东] shan1dong1: Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 魯, capital 濟南

Chinese personality
毛澤東 [毛泽东] mao2 ze2 dong1
: Mao Zedong (1893-1976), (Chairman Mao) Chinese communist leader and founding father of the People’s Republic of China.

 
汪東城 wang1 dong1 cheng2
: Jiro Wang (1981-), Taiwanese model, singer and actor, formerly of boy band Fahrenheit fame.
 

Japanese expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiomatic expression
遼東の豕 | りょうとうのいのこ ryoutou no inoko
: taking pride in something mundane, thinking it is exceptional; Liaodong boar

東西東西 | とうざいとうざい touzai touzai
: ladies and gentlemen!; roll up, roll up!

馬耳東風 | ばじとうふう baji toufuu
: (yoji) utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears

東は東西は西 | ひがしはひがしにしはにし higashi wa higashi nishi wa nishi
: East is East, and West is West

*東奔西走 | とうほんせいそう touhonseisou
: (yoji) busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest

西も東も分からない | にしもひがしもわからない nishi mo higashi mo wakaranai
: not knowing one’s way around; not familiar with the area; not knowing what to do

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
東拉西扯 [东拉西扯] dong1 la1 xi1 che3
: to talk about this and that; to ramble incoherently

東鱗西爪 [东鳞西爪] dong1 lin2 xi1 zhao3
: lit. a dragon’s scale from the east and a dragon’s claw from the west; odds and ends

一東一西 [一东一西 ] yi1 dong1 yi1 xi1: far apart

各奔東西 [各奔东西] ge4 ben4 dong1 xi1
: to go separate ways; to part ways with someone

*東奔西走 [东奔西走] dong1 ben1 xi1 zou3
: to run this way and that; to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch
also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠 dong1 pao3 xi1 dian1
OR
東奔西跑 [东奔西跑] dong1 ben1 xi1 pao3
: to run this way and that; to rush about busily; to bustle about

福如東海 [福如东海] fu2 ru2 dong1 hai3
: (blessing) may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea
OR
福如東海，壽比南山 fu2 ru2 dong1 hai3 shou4 bi3 nan2 shan1
: (blessing) may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea, live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! Long may you live with immense happiness!

聲東擊西 [声东击西] sheng1 dong1 ji1 xi1
: to make a declaration for the east and strike to the west; to misdirect

拆東牆補西牆 [拆东墙补西墙] chai1 dong1 qiang2 bu3 xi1 qiang2
: lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall; fig. temporary expedient. Rob Peter to pay Paul

失之東隅，收之桑榆 [失之东隅，收之桑榆] shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2
: to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset; to compensate later for one’s earlier loss. What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

只欠東風 [只欠东风] zhi3 qian4 dong1 feng1
: all we need is an east wind; lacking only one tiny crucial item

東一榔頭西一棒子 [东一榔头西一棒子] dong1 yi1 lang2 tou2 xi1 yi1 bang4 zi
: banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

萬事俱備，只欠東風 [万事俱备，只欠东风] wan4 shi4 ju4 bei4 , zhi3 qian4 dong1 feng1
: lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind; fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
OR
萬事皆備，只欠東風 [万事皆备，只欠东风] wan4 shi4 jie1 bei4 , zhi3 qian4 dong1 feng1