CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

东西方

dōngxīfāng

east and west

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

east and west

east to west

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 东西方 actually appears in real sentences.

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

东西方文化在这个国家融合。dōng xī fāng wén huà zài zhè ge guó jiā róng hé。

Cultures of the East and the West meet together in this country.

随著东西方之间的贸易及文化往来日渐发展，越来越多的阿拉伯和波斯商人开始沿著丝路拜访中国。suí zhù dōng xī fāng zhī jiān de mào yì jí wén huà wǎng lái rì jiàn fā zhǎn， yuè lái yuè duō de ā lā bó hé bō sī shāng rén kāi shǐ yán zhù sī lù bài fǎng zhōng guó。

As commercial and cultural contacts between East and West developed, Arab and Persian traders began calling on China along the Silk Road in increasing numbers.

东西方的根本差别在于文化与思维。dōng xī fāng de gēn běn chā bié zài yú wén huà yǔ sī wéi。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 东西方.

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

Directly before

随著东西方1

Directly after

东西方文化1
东西方之间1
东西方的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 东西方

What does 东西方 mean in Chinese?

东西方 (dōngxīfāng) means east and west.

How do you pronounce 东西方?

东西方 is pronounced dōngxīfāng.

Is 东西方 an HSK word?

东西方 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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