你买了什么东西？
What did you buy?
东西
thing; stuff; person
Watch it being written
Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.
东
西
Nice writing!
Build with these blocks
Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.
东
- 东dōngsurname DongB3
- 东北dōngběiNortheast ChinaB3
- 东方dōngfāngthe EastB3
- 东南dōngnánsoutheastB3
- 东部dōngbùthe eastB4
- 房东fángdōnglandlordB4
- 东奔西走dōngbēn-xīzǒuto run this way and that (idiom)B7
See it in sentences
这些东西很便宜。
These things are cheap.