東 (dung1) — travel eastward in Cantonese
dungˉ¹東简 东
Mandarin Pinyin: dong1
Meaning of 東
nountravel eastward
nounhost; master; owner
nouna Chinese family name
nouneast; eastern
noun(noun) 1. thing; 2. stuff
Example Sentences with 東
我唔識講廣東話
I don't speak Cantonese.
呢個用廣東話點講呀?
How do you say this in Cantonese?
我啲廣東話好到你唔信呀！
My Cantonese is better than you think!
我們家裡有太多好吃的東西了
We have so much nice food in the house.
我住開東區
I've been living in the East End
Words Containing 東
大道東daai6 dou6 dung1
Abbreviation for Queen's Road East (皇后大道東) runs between Happy Valley (快活谷) and Wan Chai (灣仔). It forks to the south from Queensway (金鐘道) near Justice Drive (正義道), where Queensway turns into Hennessy Road. It runs along the old northern shoreline of Hong Kong Island.
東風螺dung1 fung1 lo2
spiral babylon; marine snail
東正教dung1 zing3 gaau3
Eastern Orthodox
東家dung1 gaa1
a form of address formerly used by an employee to his employer or a tenant-peasant to his landlord; master, boss
少東siu3 dung1
a form of address formerly used by an employee to his employer's son or by a tenant-peasant to his landlord's son)
極東gik6 dung1
the Far East; East Asia
東東dung1 dung1
things, stuff, matter; a cute variation of 東西
吃東西hek3 dung1 sai1
to have a meal [] Cant.: 食嘢
廣東gwong2 dung1
Guangdong is the southern-most province of China, barring the island of 海南, which was once part of Guangdong. The abbreviation for the province is 粵 and its capital city is Guangzhou/Canton (廣州). This province has the greatest concentration of Cantonese speakers, although other dialects, e.g., Hakka and Teochew, are also spoken. The name 廣東 itself comes from an abbreviation of 廣南東路.
一東一西jat1 dung1 jat1 sai1
one east, one west; poles apart
山東菜肉餃saan1 dung1 coi3 juk6 gaau2
Shandong vegetable and meat dumplings
東張西望dung1 zoeng1 sai1 mong6
look in every direction; glance this way and that; gaze/peer around
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