東 (dung1 | dong1) : east ; host, master, owner; family name

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東

dung1

dong1

[1] [n] east; eastern [2] [v] travel eastward [3] [n] host; master; owner [4] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

東 / 东

Don't confuse with:
車柬束朿

This word has been viewed 24703 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Aug 2013 22:17

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東方 dung1 fong1 dong1 fang1 = Oriental; the Orient; eastern

吃東西 hek3 dung1 sai1 chi1 dong1 xi5 = to eat 國

廣東 gwong2 dung1 guang3 dong1 = Guangdong; Canton province

東西 dung1 sai1 dong1 xi1, dong1 xi5 (PRC) = east-west; thing; person

廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa6*2 guang3 dong1 hua4 = Cantonese language

東北 dung1 bak1 dong1 bei3 = northeast

東南 dung1 naam4 dong1 nan2 = southeast

東南西北 dung1 naam4 sai1 bak1 dong1 nan2 xi1 bei3 = the four cardinal directions

中東 zung1 dung1 zhong1 dong1 = Middle East

東面 dung1 min6 dong1 mian4 = east side; eastern face (of a hill, etc.)
See all 212 compounds (CantoDict reports 220 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 15 examples containing 東

我唔識講廣東話粵
I don't speak Cantonese.

我識聽廣東話粵
I understand [spoken] Cantonese.

我識講廣東話。粵
I know how to speak Cantonese.

我正在收拾東西國
I'm cleaning up!
[Lit. I in-the-process-of tidying-up things]

呢個用廣東話點講呀? 粵
How do you say this in Cantonese?

我啲廣東話好到你唔信呀！粵
My Cantonese is better than you think!
[bragging]

我們家裡有太多好吃的東西了國
We have so much nice food in the house.

我住開東區粵
I've been living in the East End

廣東話好難學粵
Cantonese is very difficult to learn.

你啲廣東話進步咗好多！粵
Your Cantonese has improved a lot!

學廣東話好好玩。粵
Learning Cantonese is very interesting.

點先可以學好廣東話呢？粵
How actually can I learn Cantonese well?
[點先 is the abbreviated form of 點樣先至。先至 means ‘really; actually’ here, often used with 呢 at the end of a sentence for emphasis. See this thread for details: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,111468,111471#msg-1114]

人哋啱啱學廣東話，發音唔準，你就唔好嘥人啦。粵
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,135838,135838#msg-135838]

有時廣東話講起上嚟都幾繑口粵
Sometimes Cantonese can be very hard to pronounce.

如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio.
[Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 東
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