Official syllabus record 东西 · entry 40.
CHINESE WORD 040 · HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
东西 dōngxi
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MEANING · PINYIN · OFFICIAL WORD CLASS
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名 · noun
1 LEARNING SENSE
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东西Usage 1 of 1
thing; stuffn. thing; stuff我去买东西。
I'm going to buy some things.
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