西方(xī fāng)

HSK 32 characters

the West

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 西方 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 日本有必要和西方各国接触。

    rì běn yǒu bì yào hé xī fāng gè guó jiē chù

    Japan needed contact with the Western countries.

  • 哥伦布航行至遥远的西方,去寻找一个新大陆。

    gē lún bù háng xíng zhì yáo yuǎn de xī fāng qù xún zhǎo yī gè xīn dà lù

    Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent.

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