城东

城東
chéngdōng
noun #39,882

Meanings

  1. 1 eastern part of a city; east side of town

Examples

Wǒ zhù zài chéngdōng, shàngbān yào chuānguò zhěnggè shìqū.
I live on the east side of town, so I have to cross the whole city to get to work.
Chéngdōng yǒu yí ge xīn kāi de gòuwù zhōngxīn.
There's a newly opened shopping mall in the east of the city.

Tips

usage
One of the compass-district quartet 城东/城南/城西/城北 used to divide a city informally. Also the name of several official 城东 (e.g. in Xining and Nanchang). When capitalised pinyin (Chéngdōng) is used, it usually refers to that district.

Stroke Order

chéng
dōng