东方(dōng fāng): the East
the East
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 东方 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 东方 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
飞机飞向东方。
fēi jī fēi xiàng dōng fāng
The plane flew east.
上海被称为东方的巴黎。
shàng hǎi bèi chēng wéi dōng fāng de bā lí
Shanghai is referred to as the Paris of the East.
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