东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng▶ Mirar alrededor

Stroke order

东张西望 is written in 29 strokes across 4 characters.

• 东 — 5 strokes
• 张 — 7 strokes
• 西 — 6 strokes
• 望 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. to look in all directions (idiom)
2. to glance around

Related words

• 威望prestigio
• 展望expectativa
• 扩张expandir; extender
• 指望esperar; contar con
• 探望Visitar, visita
• 期望Esperar, prever

东张西望 is pronounced dōngzhāngxīwàng and means “Mirar alrededor”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 东张西望 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.