东 dōng▶ timur

Stroke order

东 is written in 5 strokes.

• 东

Senses

1. east
2. host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
3. landlord

Example sentences

• 太阳从东边出来。Tàiyáng cóng dōngbiān chūlái.The sun rises from the east.
• 我家在学校东边。Wǒ jiā zài xuéxiào dōngbiān.My home is east of the school.

Related words

• 房东tuan tanah
• 东西benda
• 股东pemegang saham
• 东道主Tuan rumah
• 东张西望Melihat-lihat

东 is pronounced dōng and means “timur”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 东 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.