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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

东西南北

dōngxīnánběi

east west south north

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

east west south north

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 东西南北 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 东西南北 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

东西南北恰北北。dōng xī nán běi qià běi běi。

No published English translation for this sentence.

东西南北张大嘴。dōng xī nán běi zhāng dà zuǐ。

No published English translation for this sentence.

东西南北,上下的空间称为宇;从过去到现在的时间称为宙;而宇和宙则指代天地万物。dōng xī nán běi, shàng xià de kōng jiān chēng wéi yǔ; cóng guò qù dào xiàn zài de shí jiān chēng wéi zhòu; ér yǔ hé zhòu zé zhǐ dài tiān dì wàn wù。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 东西南北.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 东西南北.

Directly before

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.

Directly after

  • 东西南北恰北北1
  • 东西南北张大嘴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 东西南北

What does 东西南北 mean in Chinese?

东西南北 (dōngxīnánběi) means east west south north.

How do you pronounce 东西南北?

东西南北 is pronounced dōngxīnánběi.

Is 东西南北 an HSK word?

东西南北 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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