DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

各奔東西

简各奔东西 · 繁各奔東西

Mandarin · pinyin gè bèn dōng xī

to go separate ways (idiom)
to part ways with sb
Taiwan pr. gè bēn dōng xī

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

各: gè · each, individually, every, all
奔: bēn · run fast, flee; rush about; run
東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–1–1 · ge4 ben4 dong1 xi1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

各奔東西 · find source passages ↗ · 各奔东西 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gok3 ban1 dung1 sai1

Cantonese word readings for 各奔東西. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(idiomatic) to part ways

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack