东 dōng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
东张西望
dōngzhāngxīwàng
to look around distractedly; to gaze about
Characters in this word
西 xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 西 — west, western, westward
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
望 wàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 小狗走在路上，一直东张西望，好像在找什么。 Xiǎo gǒu zǒu zài lù shàng, yìzhí dōngzhāng xīwàng, hǎoxiàng zài zhǎo shénme. The puppy kept looking around as it walked along, as if searching for something.
- 上课的时候不要东张西望，认真听老师讲。 Shàngkè de shíhou bú yào dōngzhāng xīwàng, rènzhēn tīng lǎoshī jiǎng. Do not look around during class; listen carefully to the teacher.
- 他在车站东张西望，等着接朋友。 Tā zài chēzhàn dōngzhāng xīwàng, děng zhe jiē péngyou. He looked around at the station, waiting to pick up a friend.
Related words
- 东 dōng east
- 东边 dōngbian east side
- 东西 dōngxi thing, stuff
- 东北 dōngběi northeast
- 东方 dōngfāng east
- 东南 dōngnán southeast
- 东部 dōngbù eastern part
- 房东 fángdōng landlord
- 东奔西走 dōngbēnxīzǒu to run around busily; to rush about here and there
- 东道主 dōngdàozhǔ host; host party
- 股东 gǔdōng shareholder
- 紧张 jǐnzhāng nervous; tense