HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

东南 dōngnán “southeast” in Chinese

Traditional 東南

What 东南 means

  1. southeast

How to say 东南

    东南 in a sentence

    1. 浙江省地处中国东南沿海，隶属于华东地区。

      Zhèjiāng Shěng dìchǔ Zhōngguó dōngnán yánhǎi, lìshǔ yú Huádōng dìqū.

      Zhejiang Province is located on the southeastern coast of China and belongs to the East China region.

      Sentence #13953757 from Tatoeba

    How 东南 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 东 (dōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
    东dōngeast
    • 七seven · qī
    • 小small · xiǎo

    Memory aidSimplified from 東, drawn from a sack tied at both ends. It was borrowed for “east”.

    The character 南 (nán) with each of its parts in a different colour
    南nánsouth
    • 十ten · shí
    • 冂down box · jiōng
    • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
    • 干dry · gān

    How to write 东南

    东 5 strokes · 南 9 strokes

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    东南 (dōngnán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 东南 (dōngnán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 东南

    Words with 东

    东西dōngxi · thing东dōng · East东方dōngfāng · the East东北dōngběi · northeast房东fángdōng · landlord股东gǔdōng · shareholder东道主dōngdàozhǔ · host东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions

    Words with 南

    南nán · South南方nánfāng · the south西南xīnán · southwest指南针zhǐnánzhēn · compass南辕北辙nányuánběizhé · to act in a way that defeats one’s purpose

    More words: Places & Getting Around

    体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium外地wàidì · another part of the country晚点wǎndiǎn · (of trains动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail红绿灯hónglǜdēng · traffic lights检票jiǎnpiào · to check tickets区qū · district

    FAQs

    东南 (dōngnán) means “southeast”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
    Say it dōngnán: dōngnán. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 东南 is written 東南. The pronunciation is the same.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dongnan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 东南 from the suggestions. Typing dongnan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    东南 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.