# 东张西望 (dōngzhāngxīwàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 东张西望 (dōngzhāngxīwàng) means “to look all around”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to look all around
- Pinyin: dōngzhāngxīwàng (dong1 zhang1 xi1 wang4)
- Traditional: 東張西望
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 上课时请不要东张西望。
  Shàngkè shí qǐng bùyào dōngzhāngxīwàng.
  Please do not look all around during class.

## Characters

- [东](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-east/) (dōng): east
- [张](https://hanziro.com/word/zhang-flat-items/) (zhāng): (measure word) for flat items
- [西](https://hanziro.com/word/xi-west/) (xī): west
- [望](https://hanziro.com/word/wang-gaze/) (wàng): to gaze; to look towards

https://hanziro.com/word/dong-zhang-xi-wang-look-all-around/

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