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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

东南西北

dōngnánxīběi

east, south, west and north

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

east, south, west and north

02

all directions

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 东南西北 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 东南西北 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

东南西北洽北北。dōng nán xī běi qià běi běi。

No published English translation for this sentence.

东南西北张大嘴。dōng nán xī běi zhāng dà zuǐ。

No published English translation for this sentence.

你常常出差,东南西北闯闯,太潇洒啦!nǐ cháng cháng chū chāi, dōng nán xī běi chuǎng chuǎng, tài xiāo sǎ la!

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COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 东南西北.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 东南西北.

Directly before

  • 宇是东南西北1

Directly after

  • 东南西北闯1
  • 东南西北上下1
  • 东南西北洽北北1
  • 东南西北张大嘴1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 东南西北

What does 东南西北 mean in Chinese?

东南西北 (dōngnánxīběi) means east, south, west and north.

How do you pronounce 东南西北?

东南西北 is pronounced dōngnánxīběi.

Is 东南西北 an HSK word?

东南西北 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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