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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 东张西望

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
东张西望 dōng zhāng xī wàng - to look in all directions (idiom)
- to glance around

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 9 31,176 38,386 36,864

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dōng- surname Dong
dōng- east
- host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
- landlord
zhāng- surname Zhang
zhāng- to open up
- to spread
- sheet of paper
- classifier for flat objects, sheet
- classifier for votes
西 - the West
- abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
- Spanish
西 - west
wàng- full moon
- to hope
- to expect
- to visit
- to gaze (into the distance)
- to look towards
- towards
wàng- 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- old variant of 望[wang4]

Other Words Containing 东张西望

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
东张西望 6 9 31,176 38,386 36,864