東西

See also: 东西

Contents

ChineseEdit

		east	west
trad. (東西)		東	西
simp. (东西)		东	西

Pronunciation 1Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ sai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tûng-sî
• Min Nan (POJ): tang-sai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dōngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongshi
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ sai¹
    • Yale: dūng sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ sai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-sî
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung´ xi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ xi¹
    • IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-sai
    • Tâi-lô: tang-sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dangsay
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² saɪ⁴⁴/

NounEdit

東西

1. east and west

AdverbEdit

東西

1. from east to west

Pronunciation 2Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngxi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ˙

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ sai¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): dung¹ xi
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tûng-sî
• Jin (Wiktionary): dung¹ xi³
• Min Nan (POJ): tong-si
• Xiang (Wiktionary): dong¹ si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dōngxi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ˙
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong.shi
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ sai¹
    • Yale: dūng sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ sai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: dung¹ xi
    • IPA ^(key): /tuŋ⁴² ɕi²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-sî
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung´ xi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ xi¹
    • IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dung¹ xi³
    • IPA (old-style): /tũŋ¹¹ ɕi⁴⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-si
    • Tâi-lô: tong-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongsy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³ ɕi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dong¹ si
    • IPA ^(key) (old-style): /tʊŋ³³ si³/
    • IPA ^(key) (new-style): /tən³³ ɕi³/

NounEdit

東西

1. (chiefly Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Jin, Xiang) something; thing; stuff   (Classifier: 個／个; 件; 樣／样)

   我有東西要給你。 / 我有东西要给你。  ―  Wǒ yǒu dōngxi yào gěi nǐ.  ―  I have something for you.

   把我的東西還給我。 [MSC, trad.]

   把我的东西还给我。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bǎ wǒ de dōngxi huángěi wǒ. [Pinyin]

   Give my stuff back.

   我還有很多東西要學。 [MSC, trad.]

   我还有很多东西要学。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ hái yǒu hěn duō dōngxi yào xué. [Pinyin]

   I still have a lot to learn.

SynonymsEdit

Dialectal synonyms of 東西 (“thing, object”)
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical	Classical	物
Mandarin	Beijing	東西
	Jinan	東西
	Xi'an	東西
	Wuhan	東西、家伙
	Chengdu	東西
	Yangzhou	東子、東西
	Hefei	東西
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘢
	Hong Kong	嘢
	Taishan	嘢
	Yangjiang	嘢
Gan	Nanchang	東西
Hakka	Meixian	東西
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	東西
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	東西
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	東西
	Dongshi (Dabu)	東西
	Taiwanese Raoping	東西
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	物件
Jin	Taiyuan	東西
Min Bei	Jian'ou	物事
Min Dong	Fuzhou	乇
Min Nan	Quanzhou	物件
	Xiamen	物件、物
	Zhangzhou	物件
	Taipei	物件
	Kaohsiung	物仔、物件
	Tainan	物仔、物件
	Taichung	物件
	Yilan	物仔、物件
	Lukang	物、物件
	Sanxia	物件
	Kinmen	物、物件
	Magong	物、物件
	Hsinchu	物件
	Chaozhou	物件、物
Wu	Shanghai	物事
	Suzhou	物事
	Wenzhou	物事、物色、名堂
Xiang	Changsha	東西、家伙
	Shuangfeng	東西、家伙

Derived termsEdit

• 不是東西／不是东西

• 小東西／小东西 (xiǎodōngxi)

Usage notesEdit

• In Mandarin, whilst 東西／东西 can mean thing in either a physical or abstract sense, 事情 (shìqíng) only means thing in an abstract sense.

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
東	西
とう Grade: 2	さい > ざい Grade: 2
on'yomi

PronunciationEdit

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) と​うざい [tóꜜòzàì] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːza̠i]

NounEdit

東西 ‎(hiragana とうざい, romaji tōzai)

1. east and west

See alsoEdit

• 南北 (なんぼく, ​nanboku): north and south - literally, south and north

ReferencesEdit