東……西……

Chinese

		east			west
trad. (東……西……)		東	…	…	西	…	…
simp. (东……西……)		东	…	…	西	…	…

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōng...xī...

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ... ㄒㄧ ...

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōng...xī...
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ... ㄒㄧ ...
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dong...si...
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹...-hsi¹...
    • Yale: dūng-...-syī-...
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong...shi...
    • Palladius: дун...си... (dun...si...)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

Adverb

東……西……

1. (connecting two verbs or phrases with similar meaning) in various places or directions; here and there; this way or that way

   東瞧瞧西看看／东瞧瞧西看看  ―  dōng qiáo qiáo xī kàn kàn  ―  to look here and there

Derived terms

• 東一榔頭，西一棒槌／东一榔头，西一棒槌
• 東倒西歪／东倒西歪
• 東奔西走／东奔西走 (dōngbēnxīzǒu)
• 東張西望／东张西望 (dōngzhāngxīwàng)
• 東征西討／东征西讨
• 東拉西扯／东拉西扯 (dōnglāxīchě)
• 東拼西湊／东拼西凑 (dōngpīnxīcòu)
• 東躲西藏／东躲西藏 (dōngduǒxīcáng)