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東西
简 东西 · 繁 東西Characters in this entry
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Mandarin tones
1–1 · dong1 xi1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dung1 sai1
Cantonese word readings for 東西. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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dung1 sai1
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
noun
- east and west; (metonymic, literary) direction
- (literary) vicinity; side
- (literary) everywhere; each and every direction
- (literary) seventy to eighty years old
adv
- from east to west
noun
- thing; stuff; something (Classifier: 個／个; 件; 樣／样)
- Referring to a person or animal with emotional intensity.
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