HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

西方 xīfāng “the West” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 西方 means

  1. the West
  2. Western countries
  3. the Occident

How to say 西方

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale西xī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale方fāng1st tone, high and level

西方 in a sentence

  1. 西方文化很看重个人。

    Xīfāng wénhuà hěn kànzhòng gèrén.

    Western culture places great value on the individual.

    Sentence #10485479 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 太阳在东方升起，西方落下。

    Tàiyáng zài dōngfāng shēngqǐ, xīfāng luòxià.

    The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

    Sentence #579954 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 日本有必要和西方各国接触。

    Rìběn yǒu bìyào hé Xīfāng gèguó jiēchù.

    Japan needed to have contact with Western countries.

    Sentence #8834568 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 西方 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 西 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
西xīwest
  • 兀weak · wù
  • 囗enclosure · wéi

Memory aidDrawn from a bird's nest. It was borrowed early on for “west”.

The character 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquare

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 西方

西 6 strokes · 方 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 西方

Words with 西

东西dōngxi · thing西瓜xīguā · watermelon西xī · West西南xīnán · southwest西北xīběi · northwest西红柿xīhóngshì · tomato东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions

Words with 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction方fāng · square

More words: Places & Getting Around

室shì · room北běi · north南方nánfāng · the south花园huāyuán · garden园yuán · garden行李xíngli · luggage马路mǎlù · road东方dōngfāng · the East

FAQs

西方 (xīfāng) means “the West” or “Western countries”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it xīfāng: xī with a 1st tone, then fāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 西方 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xifang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 西方 from the suggestions. Typing xifang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
西方 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.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

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.