東西

dōngxi

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word

Noun

東西 (dōngxi) is a Chinese word meaning “thing”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

thing
stuff
person

Stroke order

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Example

這是什麼東西？

What is this thing?

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).