东西方

東西方
dōngxīfāng
noun #43,200

Meanings

  1. 1 the East and the West

Examples

HSK 3
Tā duì dōngxīfāng wénhuà dōu hěn gǎn xìngqù.
He is interested in both Eastern and Western culture.
HSK 6
Dōngxīfāng de jiàoyù lǐniàn yǒu hěnduō bùtóng.
Eastern and Western ideas about education differ in many ways.

Tips

mistakes
A contraction of 东方 'the East' and 西方 'the West', so 东 and 西 keep their full tones: dōngxīfāng. Said with a toneless xi, 东西 means 'thing'.

Stroke Order

东 dōng
西 xī
方 fāng