# 东西 (dōngxi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 东西 (dōngxi) means “thing; stuff”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: thing; stuff
- Pinyin: dōngxi (dong1 xi5)
- Traditional: 東西
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 1
- Measure word: 个、件
- Other readings: dōngxī — east and west

## Examples

- 我去商店买东西。
  Wǒ qù shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxi.
  I am going to the store to buy things.

## Characters

- [东](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-east/) (dōng): east
- [西](https://hanziro.com/word/xi-west/) (xī): west

https://hanziro.com/word/dong-xi-thing/

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