东西 — meaning in English
dōng xī
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English meaning
- belonging noun The feeling of being accepted and comfortable within a group or place.
- confront verb To face someone directly, often to challenge or accuse them.
- deal noun An agreement or arrangement between parties, especially a business one.
- thing noun Any object, item, or entity that isn't named more specifically.
- thingy noun An informal word for an object whose name the speaker can't recall or doesn't need to state.
Senses
东西 is used for these senses in English:
- belonging (countable, mostly, in the plural) Something physical that is owned.
- confront (transitive) To deal with.
- deal (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- poutine Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish.
- so-and-so A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.
- thing That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- thingy (informal) A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
belonging — full definition
- noun The feeling of being accepted and comfortable within a group or place.
- noun In the plural, personal possessions.
confront — full definition
- verb To face someone directly, often to challenge or accuse them.
- verb To face up to a difficult problem or situation instead of avoiding it.