东西方

東西方

dōngxīfāng

noun #43,200

Meanings

HSK 3

他对东西方文化都很感兴趣。

Tā duì dōngxīfāng wénhuà dōu hěn gǎn xìngqù.

He is interested in both Eastern and Western culture.

HSK 6

东西方的教育理念有很多不同。

Dōngxīfāng de jiàoyù lǐniàn yǒu hěnduō bùtóng.

Eastern and Western ideas about education differ in many ways.

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'.

东 dōng

西 xī

方 fāng