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dōng
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. east
  2. 2. host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
  3. 3. landlord

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10961142)

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Words Containing 东

丹东市
dān dōng shì

Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China

东坡区
dōng pō qū

Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市[méi shān shì], Sichuan

东辽
dōng liáo

Dongliao county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin

东躲西闪
dōng duǒ xī shǎn

to dodge about

东半球
dōng bàn qiú

the Eastern Hemisphere

不是东西
bù shì dōng xi

(derog.) to be a good-for-nothing

苏东坡
sū dōng pō

Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher

东风区
dōng fēng qū

Dongfeng district of Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[jiā mù sī], Heilongjiang

东南
dōng nán

southeast

远东
yuǎn dōng

Far East (loanword)

罗东
luó dōng

Luodong or Lotong Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan

巴东县
bā dōng xiàn

Badong County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei

东头村
dōng tóu cūn

Tung Tau Tseun village, Hong Kong Island

颍东区
yǐng dōng qū

Yingdong district of Fuyang city 阜陽市|阜阳市[fù yáng shì], Anhui

做东
zuò dōng

to act as host

东交民巷
dōng jiāo mín xiàng

a street to the south of the Forbidden City that was the Legation quarter during the Boxer uprising

女房东
nǚ fáng dōng

landlady

东胜区
dōng shèng qū

Dongsheng District of Ordos City 鄂爾多斯市|鄂尔多斯市[è ěr duō sī shì], Inner Mongolia

东京湾
dōng jīng wān

Tokyo Bay

阳东县
yáng dōng xiàn

Yangdong county in Yangjiang 陽江|阳江[yáng jiāng], Guangdong

万事皆备,只欠东风
wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)

东条英机
dōng tiáo yīng jī

Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948

东洋鬼
dōng yáng guǐ

foreign devil

桂东县
guì dōng xiàn

Guidong county in Chenzhou 郴州[chēn zhōu], Hunan

屏东市
píng dōng shì

Pingtung City in south Taiwan

东方青龙
dōng fāng qīng lóng

see 青龍|青龙[qīng lóng]

东南亚国
dōng nán yà guó

Southeast Asia

东宁县
dōng níng xiàn

Dongning county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang

祁东县
qí dōng xiàn

Qidong county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[héng yáng], Hunan

坏东西
huài dōng xi

bastard

东现汉纪
dōng xiàn hàn jì

Records of the Eastern Han, model for History of Later Han 後漢書|后汉书

东兰
dōng lán

Donglan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi

东东
dōng dōng

(coll.) thing

东南亚联盟
dōng nán yà lián méng

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

外东北
wài dōng běi

Outer Manchuria

东方日报
dōng fāng rì bào

Oriental Daily News

东岳
dōng yuè

Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]

东宁
dōng níng

Dongning county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang

财东
cái dōng

shop owner

东至
dōng zhì

Dongzhi county in Chizhou 池州[chí zhōu], Anhui

东辽县
dōng liáo xiàn

Dongliao county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin

海东青
hǎi dōng qīng

(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

东罗马帝国
dōng luó mǎ dì guó

Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)

东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn

to gossip (idiom)

东江
dōng jiāng

Dongjiang River

东洋
dōng yáng

East Asian countries

东北亚
dōng běi yà

Northeast Asia

东平
dōng píng

Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安[tài ān], Shandong

东方叽咋柳莺
dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)

东南大学
dōng nán dà xué

Southeast University

丹东
dān dōng

Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China

东太平洋海隆
dōng tài píng yáng hǎi lóng

East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)

东南部
dōng nán bù

southeast part

普鲁东
pǔ lǔ dōng

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865), French socialist philosopher

极东
jí dōng

the Far East

远东豹
yuǎn dōng bào

Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)

东乡
dōng xiāng

Dongxiang or East village (place name)

屏东
píng dōng

Pingtung city, county and military airbase in south Taiwan

乐东
lè dōng

Ledong Lizu autonomous county, Hainan

乃东县
nǎi dōng xiàn

Nêdong county, Tibetan: Sne gdong rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet

竹东
zhú dōng

Zhudong or Chutung town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan

东突
dōng tū

East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Chinese dissident group

克东县
kè dōng xiàn

Kedong county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang

东北方
dōng běi fāng

northeast

如东
rú dōng

Rudong county in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu

东西
dōng xi

thing

山东省
shān dōng shěng

Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[jǐ nán]

如东县
rú dōng xiàn

Rudong county in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu

金乌西坠,玉兔东升
jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng

fig. at sunset

东川
dōng chuān

Dongchuan district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan

东方斑䳭
dōng fāng bān jí

(bird species of China) variable wheatear (Oenanthe picata)

邵东县
shào dōng xiàn

Shaodong county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan

衡东县
héng dōng xiàn

Hengdong county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[héng yáng], Hunan

东湖
dōng hú

Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi

东京帝国大学
dōng jīng dì guó dà xué

Tokyo Imperial University (renamed Tokyo University after 1945)

东道主
dōng dào zhǔ

host

东鳞西爪
dōng lín xī zhǎo

lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west

东西湖区
dōng xī hú qū

Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

东湖区
dōng hú qū

Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi

东川区
dōng chuān qū

Dongchuan district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan

中东
zhōng dōng

Middle East

东城区
dōng chéng qū

Dongcheng district of central Beijing

山东半岛
shān dōng bàn dǎo

Shandong Peninsula

亚东
yà dōng

Yadong county, Tibetan: Gro mo rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

邵东
shào dōng

Shaodong county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan

东洋界
dōng yáng jiè

Indomalayan realm

东势镇
dōng shì zhèn

Dongshi or Tungshih Town in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

海东
hǎi dōng

Haidong prefecture, Qinghai

东瞧西瞅
dōng qiáo xī chǒu

see 東張西望|东张西望[dōng zhāng xī wàng]

东南亚国家联盟
dōng nán yà guó jiā lián méng

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

东亚石䳭
dōng yà shí jí

(bird species of China) Stejneger's stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)

付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú

to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably

华东
huá dōng

East China

两样东西
liǎng yàng dōng xi

two distinct things

东洲区
dōng zhōu qū

Dongzhou district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning

会东
huì dōng

Huidong county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

东坡肘子
dōng pō zhǒu zi

Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡

肥东
féi dōng

Feidong county in Hefei 合肥[hé féi], Anhui

东方明珠塔
dōng fāng míng zhū tǎ

Oriental Pearl Tower

惠东县
huì dōng xiàn

Huidong county in Huizhou 惠州[huì zhōu], Guangdong

东山
dōng shān

Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian

景东县
jǐng dōng xiàn

Jingdong Yi autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan

山东科技大学
shān dōng kē jì dà xué

Shandong University of Science and Technology

圣安东尼奥
shèng ān dōng ní ào

San Antonio, Texas

颍东
yǐng dōng

Yingdong district of Fuyang city 阜陽市|阜阳市[fù yáng shì], Anhui

东阳
dōng yáng

Dongyang, county-level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[jīn huá], Zhejiang

东海岸
dōng hǎi àn

East Coast

阳东
yáng dōng

Yangdong county in Yangjiang 陽江|阳江[yáng jiāng], Guangdong

东阳市
dōng yáng shì

Dongyang, county-level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[jīn huá], Zhejiang

东南西北中
dōng nán xī běi zhōng

the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle

东部时间
dōng bù shí jiān

Eastern Standard Time (EST)

乐东县
lè dōng xiàn

Ledong Lizu autonomous county, Hainan

东非共同体
dōng fēi gòng tóng tǐ

East African Community

桥东区
qiáo dōng qū

Qiaodong District (various)

东乡族自治县
dōng xiāng zú zì zhì xiàn

Dongxiang Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[lín xià huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

东观汉记
dōng guān hàn jì

History of Later Han dynasty, internal palace record by many 1st and 2nd century authors, 143 scrolls

东至县
dōng zhì xiàn

Dongzhi county in Chizhou 池州[chí zhōu], Anhui

台东市
tái dōng shì

Taitung city in southeast Taiwan, capital of Taitung county

京东
jīng dōng

Jingdong, Chinese e-commerce company

毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事
máo zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi

Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday

东方鸻
dōng fāng héng

(bird species of China) oriental plover (Charadrius veredus)

少东家
shào dōng jiā

boss's son

郝海东
hǎo hǎi dōng

Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player

岭东
lǐng dōng

Lingdong district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[shuāng yā shān], Heilongjiang

辽东
liáo dōng

Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea

东太平洋隆起
dōng tài píng yáng lóng qǐ

East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)

毛泽东主义
máo zé dōng zhǔ yì

Maoism

东胜
dōng shèng

Dongsheng District of Ordos City 鄂爾多斯市|鄂尔多斯市[è ěr duō sī shì], Inner Mongolia

东京
dōng jīng

Tokyo, capital of Japan

东汉
dōng hàn

Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220

山东大学
shān dōng dà xué

Shandong University

向东
xiàng dōng

eastwards

鸡东
jī dōng

Jidong county in Jixi 雞西|鸡西[jī xī], Heilongjiang

东明
dōng míng

Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[hé zé], Shandong

普鲁东主义
pǔ lǔ dōng zhǔ yì

Proudhonism, 19th century socialist theory

东光
dōng guāng

Dongguang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[cāng zhōu], Hebei

东丰
dōng fēng

Dongfeng county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin

一东一西
yī dōng yī xī

far apart

东印度公司
dōng yìn dù gōng sī

East India Company

福如东海
fú rú dōng hǎi

may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)

付诸东流
fù zhū dōng liú

wasted effort

辽东半岛
liáo dōng bàn dǎo

Liaodong Peninsula

揭东
jiē dōng

Jiedong county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong

东讨西征
dōng tǎo xī zhēng

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

东侧
dōng cè

east side

台东县
tái dōng xiàn

Taitung County in southeast Taiwan

江东区
jiāng dōng qū

Jiangdong district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[níng bō shì], Zhejiang

东芝
dōng zhī

Toshiba, Japanese electronics company

广东人
guǎng dōng rén

Cantonese (people)

铁东区
tiě dōng qū

Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin

东兴
dōng xīng

Dongxing district of Neijiang city 內江市|内江市[nèi jiāng shì], Sichuan

东乌珠穆沁旗
dōng wū zhū mù qìn qí

East Ujimqin banner or Züün Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia

屏东县
píng dōng xiàn

Pingtung County in south Taiwan

东夷
dōng yí

Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC

河东区
hé dōng qū

Hedong district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]

东经
dōng jīng

east longitude

东港区
dōng gǎng qū

Donggang district of Rizhao city 日照市[rì zhào shì], Shandong

东面
dōng miàn

east side (of sth)

东非大裂谷
dōng fēi dà liè gǔ

Great East African rift valley

东太平洋
dōng tài píng yáng

east Pacific

上海浦东发展银行
shàng hǎi pǔ dōng fā zhǎn yín háng

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

三十年河东,三十年河西
sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī

the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb)

东北虎
dōng běi hǔ

Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

东奔西走
dōng bēn xī zǒu

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily

肥东县
féi dōng xiàn

Feidong county in Hefei 合肥[hé féi], Anhui

霍英东
huò yīng dōng

Henry Ying-tung Fok (1913-2006), Hong Kong tycoon with close PRC connections

东方文明
dōng fāng wén míng

Eastern civilization

海东地区
hǎi dōng dì qū

Haidong prefecture, Qinghai

浦东新区
pǔ dōng xīn qū

Pudong New District, subprovincial district of Shanghai

东营区
dōng yíng qū

Dongying district of Dongying city 東營市|东营市[dōng yíng shì], Shandong

中东呼吸综合征
zhōng dōng hū xī zōng hé zhèng

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

东北平原
dōng běi píng yuán

Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain

东阿
dōng ē

Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong

东方阿閦佛
dōng fāng ā chù fó

Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati

十字军东征
shí zì jūn dōng zhēng

the Crusades

毛泽东思想
máo zé dōng sī xiǎng

Mao Zedong Thought

东兴区
dōng xīng qū

Dongxing district of Neijiang city 內江市|内江市[nèi jiāng shì], Sichuan

东方狍
dōng fāng páo

Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)

东势
dōng shì

Dongshi or Tungshih township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

船东
chuán dōng

ship owner

东丽
dōng lì

Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]

城东区
chéng dōng qū

east city district

失之东隅,收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú

to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)

东窗事发
dōng chuāng shì fā

(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom)

积石山保安族东乡族撒拉族自治县
jī shí shān bǎo ān zú dōng xiāng zú sā lā zú zì zhì xiàn

Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[lín xià huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

祁东
qí dōng

Qidong county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[héng yáng], Hunan

东非
dōng fēi

East Africa

东方市
dōng fāng shì

Dongfang City, Hainan

东安县
dōng ān xiàn

Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州[yǒng zhōu], Hunan

东茅草盖
dōng máo cǎo gài

thatched roof

东疆
dōng jiāng

East Xinjiang

东南西北
dōng nán xī běi

east, south, west and north

东道
dōng dào

host

远东树莺
yuǎn dōng shù yīng

(bird species of China) Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis borealis)

东瀛
dōng yíng

East China Sea

东征西讨
dōng zhēng xī tǎo

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

东欧
dōng ōu

Eastern Europe

声东击西
shēng dōng jī xī

to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom)

斯当东
sī dāng dōng

Staunton (name)

鸡东县
jī dōng xiàn

Jidong county in Jixi 雞西|鸡西[jī xī], Heilongjiang

华东理工大学
huá dōng lǐ gōng dà xué

East China University of Science and Technology

肇东市
zhào dōng shì

Zhaodong, county-level city in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang

衡东
héng dōng

Hengdong county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[héng yáng], Hunan

东一榔头西一棒子
dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi

banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

关东
guān dōng

Northeast China

东海县
dōng hǎi xiàn

Donghai county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港[lián yún gǎng], Jiangsu

东方
dōng fāng

east

东营市
dōng yíng shì

Dongying prefecture-level city in Shandong

东宝
dōng bǎo

Dongbao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市[jīng mén shì], Hubei

东方不亮西方亮
dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng

if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom)

中国东方航空
zhōng guó dōng fāng háng kōng

China Eastern Airlines

东平县
dōng píng xiàn

Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安[tài ān], Shandong

东源
dōng yuán

Dongyuan county in Heyuan 河源[hé yuán], Guangdong

孔东
kǒng dōng

(loanword) condom

东华三院
dōng huá sān yuàn

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)

东密德兰
dōng mì dé lán

East Midlands, English county

东河
dōng hé

Donghe or Tungho township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan

东方明珠电视塔
dōng fāng míng zhū diàn shì tǎ

Oriental Pearl Television Tower

广东海洋大学
guǎng dōng hǎi yáng dà xué

Guangdong Ocean University

东君
dōng jūn

Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology

巴东
bā dōng

Badong County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei

湘东区
xiāng dōng qū

Xiangdong district of Pingxiang city 萍鄉市|萍乡市, Jiangxi

东突厥斯坦解放组织
dōng tū jué sī tǎn jiě fàng zǔ zhī

East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Xinjiang dissident group

广东省
guǎng dōng shěng

Guangdong Province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[yuè], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州[guǎng zhōu]

大东区
dà dōng qū

Dadong district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

东昌府
dōng chāng fǔ

Dongchangfu district of Liaocheng city 聊城市[liáo chéng shì], Shandong

东沟
dōng gōu

Donggou town in Liangzihu district 梁子湖區|梁子湖区[liáng zi hú qū] of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei

东源县
dōng yuán xiàn

Dongyuan county in Heyuan 河源[hé yuán], Guangdong

金东区
jīn dōng qū

Jindong district of Jinhua city 金華市|金华市[jīn huá shì], Zhejiang

东海舰队
dōng hǎi jiàn duì

East Sea Fleet

东方马脑炎病毒
dōng fāng mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú

eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus

东山再起
dōng shān zài qǐ

lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback

广东外语外贸大学
guǎng dōng wài yǔ wài mào dà xué

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

蔡东藩
cài dōng fān

Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian and historical novelist

东王公
dōng wáng gōng

Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism)

东海大学
dōng hǎi dà xué

Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)

近东
jìn dōng

Near East

东征
dōng zhēng

punitive expedition to the east

东吴
dōng wú

Eastern Wu (222-280)

东京塔
dōng jīng tǎ

Tokyo Tower

东昌府区
dōng chāng fǔ qū

Dongchangfu district of Liaocheng city 聊城市[liáo chéng shì], Shandong

东西南北
dōng xī nán běi

east west south north

东城
dōng chéng

Dongcheng district of central Beijing

东港镇
dōng gǎng zhèn

Tungkang town in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan

东京大学
dōng jīng dà xué

Tokyo University, Japan

东仓里
dōng cāng lǐ

Dongchang-ni, North Korean missile launch site on Yellow Sea, 70 km from Chinese border

罗东镇
luó dōng zhèn

Luodong or Lotong Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan

东方黎族自治县
dōng fāng lí zú zì zhì xiàn

Dongfang Lizu autonomous county, Hainan

东西宽
dōng xī kuān

east-west distance

东丽区
dōng lì qū

Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]

东台
dōng tái

Dongtai, county-level city in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[yán chéng], Jiangsu

东德
dōng dé

East Germany (1945-1990)

少东
shào dōng

boss's son

汪东城
wāng dōng chéng

Jiro Wang (1981-), Taiwanese singer and actor

东陵区
dōng líng qū

Dongling district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

广东话
guǎng dōng huà

Cantonese language

东坡
dōng pō

Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市[méi shān shì], Sichuan

东石
dōng shí

Dongshi or Tungshih Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

东昌
dōng chāng

Dongchang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin

东土
dōng tǔ

the East

东周
dōng zhōu

Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)

华东师大
huá dōng shī dà

East China Normal University

田东县
tián dōng xiàn

Tiandong county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

东亚峰会
dōng yà fēng huì

East Asia Summit, annual meeting of leading Asian states

东风
dōng fēng

easterly wind

东西湖
dōng xī hú

Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

东西方
dōng xī fāng

east and west

东缅高原
dōng miǎn gāo yuán

Eastern Myanmar plateau

东突厥斯坦
dōng tū jué sī tǎn

East Turkestan

东陵
dōng líng

Eastern tombs

东方航空
dōng fāng háng kōng

China Eastern Airlines

江东
jiāng dōng

Jiangdong district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[níng bō shì], Zhejiang

东密
dōng mì

Japanese Esoteric Buddhism

乌东德
wū dōng dé

Wudongde, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[jīn shā jiāng] at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan

东西德
dōng xī dé

East and West Germany

拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng

lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom)

作东
zuò dōng

to host (a dinner)

景东彝族自治县
jǐng dōng yí zú zì zhì xiàn

Jingdong Yi autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan

只欠东风
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

股东
gǔ dōng

shareholder

关东地震
guān dōng dì zhèn

Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area

东海大桥
dōng hǎi dà qiáo

Donghai Bridge, 32.5 km bridge between Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan deep-water port

东拼西凑
dōng pīn xī còu

(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources

东正教
dōng zhèng jiào

Eastern Orthodox Church

东安区
dōng ān qū

Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang

启东
qǐ dōng

Qidong, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu

东方红
dōng fāng hóng

The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song

东宝区
dōng bǎo qū

Dongbao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市[jīng mén shì], Hubei

东方三博士
dōng fāng sān bó shì

the Magi

东引
dōng yǐn

Tungyin Island, one of the Matsu Islands

说东道西
shuō dōng dào xī

to chat about this and that

乐东黎族自治县
lè dōng lí zú zì zhì xiàn

Ledong Lizu autonomous county, Hainan

东北
dōng běi

Northeast China

东兰县
dōng lán xiàn

Donglan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi

东家
dōng jiā

master (i.e. employer)

东营
dōng yíng

Dongying prefecture-level city in Shandong

东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě

to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi

to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)

东风压倒西风
dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng

lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom)

大东
dà dōng

Dadong district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

东光县
dōng guāng xiàn

Dongguang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[cāng zhōu], Hebei

东西半球
dōng xī bàn qiú

East and West hemispheres

华东师范大学
huá dōng shī fàn dà xué

East China Normal University (ECNU)

东势乡
dōng shì xiāng

Dongshi or Tungshih township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

亚东县
yà dōng xiàn

Yadong county, Tibetan: Gro mo rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动
dōng tū jué sī tǎn yī sī lán yùn dòng

East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)

毛泽东选集
máo zé dōng xuǎn jí

Selected Works of Mao Zedong

东部
dōng bù

the east

东港
dōng gǎng

Tungkang town in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan

景东
jǐng dōng

Jingdong Yizu autonomous county in Yunnan

东河乡
dōng hé xiāng

Donghe or Tungho township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan

东港市
dōng gǎng shì

Donggang, county-level city in Dandong 丹東|丹东[dān dōng], Liaoning

东巴文化
dōng bā wén huà

Dongba culture of the Nakhi ethnic group of Lijiang 麗江|丽江 in northwest Yunnan

惠东
huì dōng

Huidong county in Huizhou 惠州[huì zhōu], Guangdong

桥东
qiáo dōng

Qiaodong District (various)

克东
kè dōng

Kedong county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang

东盟
dōng méng

ASEAN

东沟镇
dōng gōu zhèn

Donggou town in Liangzihu district 梁子湖區|梁子湖区[liáng zi hú qū] of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei

关东煮
guān dōng zhǔ

oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth

东西方文化
dōng xī fāng wén huà

Eastern and Western culture

管东管西
guǎn dōng guǎn xī

to micromanage

东张西望
dōng zhāng xī wàng

to look in all directions (idiom)

拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī

lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient

大东亚共荣圈
dà dōng yà gòng róng quān

Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938

东边
dōng bian

east

东征西怨
dōng zhēng xī yuàn

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

东明县
dōng míng xiàn

Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[hé zé], Shandong

卫东
wèi dōng

Weidong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市[píng dǐng shān shì], Henan

东河区
dōng hé qū

Donghe district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[bāo tóu shì], Inner Mongolia

东昌区
dōng chāng qū

Dongchang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin

滇东
diān dōng

east Yunnan

东亚银行
dōng yà yín háng

Bank of East Asia

东帝汶
dōng dì wèn

East Timor (officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste)

东北大学
dōng běi dà xué

Northeastern University (in Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[shěn yáng shì], Liaoning)

东海
dōng hǎi

East China Sea

东吴大学
dōng wú dà xué

Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC from 1900-1952)

东方大苇莺
dōng fāng dà wěi yīng

(bird species of China) oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)

启东市
qǐ dōng shì

Qidong, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu

关东军
guān dōng jūn

Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII

东晋
dōng jìn

Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420

东山区
dōng shān qū

Dongshan district (Uighur: Dungsen Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[wū lǔ mù qí shì], Xinjiang

东非大地堑
dōng fēi dà dì qiàn

Great East African rift valley

东魏
dōng wèi

Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏

东台市
dōng tái shì

Dongtai, county-level city in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[yán chéng], Jiangsu

卫东区
wèi dōng qū

Weidong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市[píng dǐng shān shì], Henan

东山县
dōng shān xiàn

Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian

竹东镇
zhú dōng zhèn

Zhudong or Chutung town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan

广东医学院
guǎng dōng yī xué yuàn

Guangdong Medical College

东西周
dōng xī zhōu

Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC)

东兔西乌
dōng tù xī wū

lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom)

桂东
guì dōng

Guidong county in Chenzhou 郴州[chēn zhōu], Hunan

东施效颦
dōng shī xiào pín

lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)

东南亚
dōng nán yà

Southeast Asia

泰东
tài dōng

the Far East

毛泽东
máo zé dōng

Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader

借东风
jiè dōng fēng

lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)

金东
jīn dōng

Jindong district of Jinhua city 金華市|金华市[jīn huá shì], Zhejiang

东欧平原
dōng ōu píng yuán

East European Plain

无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn jiāng dōng fù lǎo

(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)

浦东机场
pǔ dōng jī chǎng

Pudong Airport (Shanghai)

东洋鬼子
dōng yáng guǐ zi

foreign devil

河东狮吼
hé dōng shī hǒu

lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom)

东丰县
dōng fēng xiàn

Dongfeng county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin

东奔西跑
dōng bēn xī pǎo

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily

揭东县
jiē dōng xiàn

Jiedong county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong

万事俱备,只欠东风
wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)

铁东
tiě dōng

Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin

广东
guǎng dōng

Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[yuè], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州

台东
tái dōng

Taidong or Taitung city and county in Taiwan

远东山雀
yuǎn dōng shān què

(bird species of China) Japanese tit (Parus minor)

东莞市
dōng guǎn shì

Dongguan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[guǎng dōng shěng]

东亚运动会
dōng yà yùn dòng huì

East Asian Games

东石乡
dōng shí xiāng

Dongshi or Tungshih Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

买东西
mǎi dōng xi

to do one's shopping

东方白鹳
dōng fāng bái guàn

(bird species of China) oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)

东亚
dōng yà

East Asia

山东
shān dōng

Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[jǐ nán]

浦东
pǔ dōng

Pudong, subprovincial district of Shanghai

东胡
dōng hú

Eastern barbarian

东直门
dōng zhí mén

Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing

东主
dōng zhǔ

owner (e.g. of a shop)

乃东
nǎi dōng

Nêdong county, Tibetan: Sne gdong rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet

东归
dōng guī

lit. to return east

广东药学院
guǎng dōng yào xué yuàn

Guangdong Pharmaceutical University

各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī

to go separate ways (idiom)

东坡肉
dōng pō ròu

stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡

田东
tián dōng

Tiandong county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

东引乡
dōng yǐn xiāng

Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[lián jiāng xiàn] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan

岭东区
lǐng dōng qū

Lingdong district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[shuāng yā shān], Heilongjiang

肇东
zhào dōng

Zhaodong, county-level city in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang

湘东
xiāng dōng

Xiangdong district of Pingxiang city 萍鄉市|萍乡市, Jiangxi

东阿县
dōng ē xiàn

Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong

东乡县
dōng xiāng xiàn

Dongxiang county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi

房东
fáng dōng

landlord

东洲
dōng zhōu

Dongzhou district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning

东莞
dōng guǎn

Dongguan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[guǎng dōng shěng]

东三省
dōng sān shěng

the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng], Jilin Province 吉林省[jí lín shěng] and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[hēi lóng jiāng shěng]

二房东
èr fáng dōng

sublandlord

河东
hé dōng

Hedong district of Linyi city 臨沂市|临沂市[lín yí shì], Shandong

会东县
huì dōng xiàn

Huidong county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

广东科学技术职业学院
guǎng dōng kē xué jì shù zhí yè xué yuàn

Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology

河东狮
hé dōng shī

shrew

东兴市
dōng xīng shì

Dongxing, county-level city in Fangchenggang 防城港[fáng chéng gǎng], Guangxi

东掩西遮
dōng yǎn xī zhē

to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)

东中国海
dōng zhōng guó hǎi

East China sea

安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉
ān dōng ní yǔ kè lì ào pèi tè lā

Anthony and Cleopatra, 1606 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚

东西
dōng xī

east and west

安东尼
ān dōng ní

Anthony (name)

马耳东风
mǎ ěr dōng fēng

lit. the east wind blowing in a horse's ear (idiom)

远东苇莺
yuǎn dōng wěi yīng

(bird species of China) Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum)

黔东南苗族侗族自治州
qián dōng nán miáo zú dòng zú zì zhì zhōu

Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in Guizhou, capital Kaili city 凱里市|凯里市

美东时间
měi dōng shí jiān

USA Eastern Standard Time

东安
dōng ān

Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州[yǒng zhōu], Hunan